Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

barrier reef

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.66 in modern English

Syllables: bar-ri-er reef
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A reef separated from the adjacent coast by a channel or lagoon; a reef that forms a barrier between the open ocean and the waters of the shoreline.

Example Sentences

"This was the first example I had met with of a true barrier reef due to subsidence, as has been so clearly shown by Mr. Darwin. In a sheltered archipelago they will seldom be distinguishable, from the absence of those huge rolling waves and breakers which in the wide ocean throw up a barrier of broken coral far above the usual high-water mark, while here they rarely rise to the surface."
"Ask anyone who's been there and they'll tell you the same thing - there's no surf in Tahiti. The reason they say is because this barrier reef."

Inflected Forms

barrier reefs (plural)

Phrases

Great Barrier Reef

Questions

What does barrier reef mean?: A reef separated from the adjacent coast by a channel or lagoon; a reef that forms a barrier between the open ocean and the waters of the shoreline.

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