coral reef
noun
1 coral reef
A reef consisting of coral consolidated into limestone.
Roget 667:
rocks,
reefs,
coral reef,
sunken rocks,
snags;
sands,
quicksands;
syrt†,
syrtis†;
Goodwin sands,
sandy foundation;
slippery ground;
breakers,
shoals,
shallows,
bank,
shelf,
flat,
lee shore,
ironbound coast;
rock ahead,
breakers ahead.
precipice;
maelstrom,
volcano;
ambush
etc.
530;
pitfall,
trapdoor;
trap
etc.
(snare)
545.
sword of Damocles;
wolf at the door,
snake in the grass,
death in the pot;
latency
etc.
526.
ugly customer,
dangerous person,
le chat qui dort [Fr.];
firebrand,
hornet's nest.
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Dutch: koraalbank, koraalrif, puinwal
Moby thesaurus: ait, archipelago, atoll, bank, bar, bill, breakwater, cape, cay, chersonese, continental island, coral head, coral island, delta, flat, ford, foreland, head, headland, holm, hook, insularity, island, island group, islandology, isle, islet, key, mull, naze, ness, oceanic island, peninsula, point, promontory, reef, sandbank, sandbar, sandspit, shallow, shallows, shelf, shoal, shoal water, spit, spur, tidal flats, tongue, wetlands ... show more.
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