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reefs

reefs is the plural of reef.

reefs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of reef.

Meaning of reef

Noun (1)

reef (plural reefs)

  1. A chain or range of rocks, sand, or coral lying at or near the surface of the water.
  2. (Australia, South Africa) A large vein of auriferous quartz; hence, any body of rock yielding valuable ore.

Noun (2)

reef (plural reefs)

  1. A portion of a sail rolled and tied down to lessen the area exposed in a high wind.
    • They sailed as if they were stark mad; they never took in a reef in the sail, and when the seas filled the boat, they sailed her up on the back of a wave till she stood nearly on end, the water rushing out over her stern as out of a spout.1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 49
  2. A reef knot.

Noun (3)

reef (plural reefs)

  1. (Now chiefly dialectal) The itch; any eruptive skin disorder.
  2. (Now chiefly dialectal) Dandruff.

See all 12 meanings of reef

Proper noun capitalized: Reefs

Reefs

  1. (plural) plural of Reef

Phrases with reefs

Questions about reefs

What is reefs the plural of?
Reefs is the plural of reef.
What part of speech is reefs?
Reefs is a proper noun.

Words near reefs in the dictionary

  1. reeflike
  2. reefline
  3. reeflines
  4. reefpoint
  5. reefpoints
  6. reefs
  7. reefscape
  8. reefscapes
  9. Reefton
  10. reefwalker
  11. reefwalkers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: reefs (page history and authors); Reefs (page history and authors); reef (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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