Reef
Meaning of Reef
noun
a ridge of jagged rock, coral, or sand just above or below the surface of the sea.
late 16th century (earlier as riff ): from Middle Low German and Middle Dutch rif, ref, from Old Norse rif, literally ‘rib’, used in the same sense; compare with reef2.
noun
each of the several strips across a sail which can be taken in or rolled up to reduce the area exposed to the wind.
verb- take in one or more reefs of (a sail).
reef the mainsail in strong winds
Middle English: from Middle Dutch reef, rif, from Old Norse rif, literally ‘rib’, used in the same sense; compare with reef1.
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Hyphenation of Reef
Reef
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Reef synonyms
Meaning Witwatersrand:
Meaning a large number of fish swimming together:
Meaning a sandbank or shoal at the mouth of a harbour or an estuary:
Meaning a long, narrow sandbank, especially at the mouth of a river:
Meaning a deposit of sand forming a shallow area in the sea or a river:
Meaning saliva, typically that which has been ejected from a person's mouth:
Meaning a long, narrow hilltop, mountain range, or watershed:
Meaning a narrow horizontal surface projecting from a wall, cliff, or other surface:
Meaning a submarine bank, or a part of the continental shelf:
Meaning a ring-shaped reef, island, or chain of islands formed of coral:
Meaning a small piece of shaped metal with incisions cut to fit the wards of a particular lock, which is inserted into a lock and turned to open or close it:
Meaning a reef or rocky island:
Meaning a low bank or reef of coral, rock, or sand, especially one on the islands in Spanish America:
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Words that rhyme with Reef
reef, shareef, shereef, bagreef, tashreef
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