REEFS Synonyms
There are 11 hypernyms of the word reefs. (close relations)
Definition of REEFS
reefed
Best Alternative Words for REEFS
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atoll | nounn | |||||||
noun • an island consisting of a circular coral reef surrounding a lagoon | ||||||||
bank | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water) • a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities • a long ridge or pile • an arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers • a supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially in emergencies) • the funds held by a gambling house or the dealer in some gambling games • a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force • a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home • a building in which the business of banking is transacted • a flight maneuver; aircraft tips laterally about its longitudinal axis (especially in turning) verb • tip laterally • enclose with a bank • do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank • act as the banker in a game or in gambling • be in the banking business • put into a bank account • cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning • have faith or confidence in | ||||||||
bar | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a portable .30 caliber automatic rifle operated by gas pressure and fed by cartridges from a magazine; used by United States troops in World War I and in World War II and in the Korean War • a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter • a counter where you can obtain food or drink • a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon • musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats • an obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal • the act of preventing • (meteorology) a unit of pressure equal to a million dynes per square centimeter • a submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore • the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction • a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background • a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax) • a horizontal rod that serves as a support for gymnasts as they perform exercises • a heating element in an electric fire • (law) a railing that encloses the part of the courtroom where the judges and lawyers sit and the case is tried verb • prevent from entering; keep out • render unsuitable for passage • expel, as if by official decree • secure with, or as if with, bars | ||||||||
coral | nounn | |||||||
noun • a variable color averaging a deep pink • the hard stony skeleton of a Mediterranean coral that has a delicate red or pink color and is used for jewelry • unfertilized lobster roe; reddens in cooking; used as garnish or to color sauces • marine colonial polyp characterized by a calcareous skeleton; masses in a variety of shapes often forming reefs adjective satellite • of a strong pink to yellowish-pink color | ||||||||
ledge | nounn | |||||||
noun • a projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water | ||||||||
ridge | nounn | |||||||
noun • a long narrow natural elevation or striation • any long raised strip • a long narrow natural elevation on the floor of the ocean • a long narrow range of hills • any long raised border or margin of a bone or tooth or membrane • a beam laid along the edge where two sloping sides of a roof meet at the top; provides an attachment for the upper ends of rafters verb • extend in ridges • plough alternate strips by throwing the furrow onto an unploughed strip • throw soil toward (a crop row) from both sides • spade into alternate ridges and troughs • form into a ridge | ||||||||
shelf | nounn | |||||||
noun • a support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding objects • a projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water | ||||||||
shoal | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a sandbank in a stretch of water that is visible at low tide • a stretch of shallow water • a large group of fish verb • make shallow • become shallow | ||||||||
rand | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • United States writer (born in Russia) noted for her polemical novels and political conservativism (1905-1982) • the basic unit of money in South Africa; equal to 100 cents • a rocky region in the southern Transvaal in northeastern South Africa; contains rich gold deposits and coal and manganese | ||||||||
witwatersrand | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • a rocky region in the southern Transvaal in northeastern South Africa; contains rich gold deposits and coal and manganese |