reef in English

noun

1

a ridge of jagged rock, coral, or sand just above or below the surface of the sea.

Below are beautiful coral reefs , turtles, sharks and a clean ocean floor.

synonyms: shoal, bar, sandbar, sandbank, spit, skerry

2

each of the several strips across a sail that can be taken in or rolled up to reduce the area exposed to the wind.

We had to sail her with ‘two reefs in’, a reduced sail area for the rough conditions.

verb

1

take in one or more reefs of (a sail).

reefing the mainsail in strong winds

noun

• shoal, bar, sandbar, sandbank, spit, skerry
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Use "reef" in a sentence

1. So again, clean reef on your left, fish farm reef on your right.

2. Abyssal rock & biogenic reef

3. Butterflyfish: Adaptable to Difficult Most are not reef safe or only partially reef safe

4. The Reef Atlantis The Reef Atlantis is an entirely new way to experience Atlantis—beachside

5. The clownfish from the reef.

6. Mitratum, Yellow Reef Basslet, L

7. Atoll - an island consisting of a circular coral reef surrounding a lagoon coral reef - a reef consisting of coral consolidated into limestone Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection

8. Corals and other reef-building organisms

9. Ultimately this reef runs on electricity.

10. Our boat foundered on a reef.

11. Multilineatum and Pinstripe Reef Basslet, L

12. Provided is a wave absorption and fish reef block capable of both fish reef and wave absorption functions.

13. Cyaniding a reef, on the other hand, kills the reef, by allowing bacteria and algae to set in.

14. Bombora definition, a hidden reef of rocks

15. Ringed by a vibrant coral reef, Aruba …

16. Must have run afoul of the reef.

17. Big waves hammered at the coral reef.

18. Kingman Reef, a territory: For Capt. W.E. Kingman, who discovered the reef aboard the Shooting Star on 29 November 1853.

19. The remarkable natural richness of the coral reef has been squeezed further into the hyper-natural richness of a synthetic reef.

20. An Atoll is surrounded by a coral reef

21. 1 An unspoilt coral reef encloses the bay.

22. Soft Coral is the flowing malleable part of the reef which adds color and texture, also adding structure to the reef.

23. Live Corals are the most important contributors to the structure of a saltwater reef in nature as well as in reef aquariums

24. the multifarious life forms in the coral reef.

25. The ship was wrecked on a coral reef.

26. I'm an ecologist, mostly a coral reef ecologist.

27. The island is encircled by a coral reef.

28. A ship got piled up on a reef.

29. 17 The ship ran aground on a submerged reef.

30. 9 the multifarious life forms in the coral reef.

31. Corals Live Corals are the most important contributors to the structure of a saltwater reef in nature as well as in reef aquariums

32. Derek Manzello is the Principal Investigator of Accrete, the coral reef climate change and ocean acidification monitoring of NOAA’s National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP), which is co-funded by NOAA’s Coral Reef Conservation Program and Ocean Acidification Program

33. Why not chisel a coral reef out of marble?

34. Coral is an amazing part of a healthy reef

35. The Atolls and Atoll reef islands observed today are

36. He crossed the reef... and found an unforgiving sea.

37. It's a small reef with a lighthouse on it.

38. They spotted a fishing boat, near the northernmost reef.

39. Very unlikely, Joe would jump on a pristine coral reef, a virgin coral reef with lots of coral, sharks, crocodiles, manatees, groupers, turtles, etc.

40. We could hear the breakers crashing over the reef.

41. On a wild reef crustose Coralline algae can be so ubiquitous and covering so much of the reef, that it’s easy to forget it’s there.

42. Flower Anemones One of the absolute hottest reef aquarium inhabitants to add to your reef tank has been the Ultra Flower or Ultra Flower Anemone

43. Reef-dwelling organisms are represented by pelecypods, gastropods, rare small ammonoids, brachiopods, ostracods (especially in reef-cavities), crinoids, echinoids, serpulids and crustaceans (exclusively fecal pellets).

44. The Best Lids for Saltwater Aquariums – Reef Builders Gear Guide

45. Bombora definition: a submerged reef Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples

46. Aquarium Reef Coral LED Strip 445 nm Blue Actinic Light

47. I live on this reef, a long way from here.

48. Beyond the coral reef the open sea was dark blue.

49. From reef Aquariums to planted freshwater Aquariums we can help

50. Then we hit that reef on the next pass, sir.