coral reef

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   a reef consisting of coral consolidated into limestone

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Questions about coral reef

What does coral reef mean?

coral reef means "a reef consisting of coral consolidated into limestone".

Is coral reef a common word?

coral reef is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.