great barrier reef

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   the largest coral reef in the world; in the Coral Sea off the northeastern coast of Australia

   Broadercoral reef

   Part ofAustralia

Questions about great barrier reef

What does great barrier reef mean?

great barrier reef means "the largest coral reef in the world; in the Coral Sea off the northeastern coast of Australia".

Is great barrier reef a common word?

great barrier 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.