Plural of coral
regular plural
The plural of coral is corals.
Forms of coral
| Singular | coral /ˈkɒɹəl/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | corals |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Corals in a sentence
- The contractors installed a new tank with gorgeous fish and corals.From the entry tank
- Once coral bleaching begins, corals tend to continue to bleach even if the stressor is removed.From the entry bleach
- Some foliaceous corals are unifacial, the polyp mouths being confined to one surface.From the entry unifacial
- Corals mount a two-stage response to heat stress, first bleaching and then dying.2023 August 7, Clive Cookson, “Missing ice and bleached coral: the sudden warming of the oceans”, in Financial Times. From the entry mount
- There was a typical reef construction here with large plating corals at deeper depths.2011, Max Gallimore, From Here to Caprock, page 354. From the entry decompress
Meaning of coral
- noun Any of many species of marine invertebrates in the class Anthozoa, most of which build hard calcium carbonate skeletons and form colonies, or a colony belonging to one of those species.
- noun A hard substance made of the skeletons of these organisms.
- noun A somewhat yellowish orange-pink color; the color of red coral (Corallium rubrum) of the Mediterranean Sea, commonly used as an ornament or gem.
Questions about the plural of coral
- What is the plural of coral?
- The plural of coral is corals.
- Is coral countable?
- Coral is a countable and uncountable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: coral (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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