Plural of reef

Forms of reef

Reefs in a sentence

• Only Minzhu Reef rises above the waterline, while the rest are submerged coral reefs.[2016 March 23, “Position Paper on ROC South China Sea Policy”, in Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Auckland, →ISBN, archived from…. From the entry Scarborough Shoal
• Many species of coral are calcifiers; this is how they construct the towering structures that become reefs.2014, Elizabeth Kolbert, The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History, Picador, →ISBN, page 121. From the entry calcifier
• Here, fringing reefs provide good shelter for ships and there is an important naval base at Makung.2011, Barbara Weightman, “Korea and Taiwan: Tigers Rising”, in Dragons and Tigers: A Geography of South, East and Southeast Asia, 3rd…. From the entry Makung
• It is a very large fish found on deepwater reefs of the southeastern United States.2009, Calhoun Country Navigation District’s Proposed Matagorda Ship Channel Improvement Project: Environmental Impact Statement, section…. From the entry warsaw
• The shoals and reefs of Zhongsha (or the Macclesfield Bank) do not emerge even at low water.1987, Donald E. Weatherbee, “The South China Sea: From Zone of Conflict to Zone of Peace?”, in Lawrence E. Grinter, Young Whan Kihl…. From the entry Zhongsha

Meaning of reef

1. noun A chain or range of rocks, sand, or coral lying at or near the surface of the water.
2. noun A large vein of auriferous quartz; hence, any body of rock yielding valuable ore.
3. noun A portion of a sail rolled and tied down to lessen the area exposed in a high wind.

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Questions about the plural of reef

What is the plural of reef?

The plural of reef is reefs.

Is reef countable?

Reef is a countable noun.