coral

1. 1.

   of a strong pink to yellowish-pink color

   Similarchromatic

Other forms of coral

plural

corals·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about coral

What does coral mean?

coral means "a variable color averaging a deep pink". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in coral?

coral has 2 syllables: co-ral. The stress falls on "co". In IPA it is /ˈkɔɹəl/.

What is another word for coral?

Close synonyms include red coral, precious coral. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is coral a common word?

coral is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with coral?

1 word rhymes with coral. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.