coral
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Old French coral (French corail), from Latin corallium, from Ancient Greek κοράλλιον (korállion, “coral”). Probably ultimately of Semitic origin, compare Hebrew גּוֹרָל (goral, “small pebble”), Arabic جَرَل (jaral, “small stone”), originally referring to the red variety found in the Mediterranean. Since ancient times, a common folk etymology, accepted by some earlier scholars, connected the word instead to Ancient Greek κόρη (kórē) (referring to Medusa). Beekes mentions both theories and considers the Semitic one convincing.
Inflected forms:
form: corals
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of many species of marine invertebrates in the class Anthozoa, most of which build hard calcium carbonate skeletons and form colonies, or a colony belonging to one of those species.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: A hard substance made of the skeletons of these organisms.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: A somewhat yellowish orange-pink color; the color of red coral (Corallium rubrum) of the Mediterranean Sea, commonly used as an ornament or gem.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: The coral faded even from her lips, till they were as white as Leo's face, and quivered pitifully.
gloss: The ovaries of a cooked lobster; so called from their color.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A piece of coral, usually fitted with small bells and other appurtenances, used by children as a plaything.
pos: noun
tags: countable
historical
uncountable
examples: On the very chair which I used to occupy when I was at work Marian was sitting now, with the child industriously sucking his coral upon her lap.
gloss: Made of coral.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Having the orange-pink color of coral.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Related words: atoll
barrier reef
dactylozooid
fringing reef
gonophore
gorgonian
Great Barrier Reef
madrepore
millepore
sea fan
sea whip
Derived words: angel skin coral
bamboo coral
black coral
blue coral
brain coral
brainstone coral
branch coral
brush coral
bubblegum coral
burrowing false coral
cactus coral
cauliflower coral
chain coral
club finger coral
coral aloe
coral bean
coral bells
coral berry
coralberry
coral bleaching
coralbush
coral catshark
coral creeper
coraled
coral fern
coralfish
coral fungus
Coral Gables
coral heath
coral honeysuckle
coral insect
coralise
coralize
coral island
corallaceous
coraller
corallet
corallian
coralliferous
coralliform
coralligenous
coralligerous
corallike
coralline
corallite
corallivore
corallivorous
coralloid
coralloidal
corally
coral necklace
coralology
coral plant
coral rag
coral reef
coralroot
Coral Sea
coral snake
Coral Springs
coral stitch
coral swirl
coral tree
coral trout
coralwood
coralwort
cup coral
disc coral
dusty coral
elkhorn coral
fan coral
favid coral
feather coral
finger coral
fire coral
ginger coral
golfball coral
golf ball coral
great star coral
hard coral
Hawaiian gold coral
hexacoral
honeycomb coral
horn coral
horny coral
hydrocoral
hydroid coral
Indian coral tree
ivory bush coral
ivory coral
lace coral
Lamarck's sheet coral
leaf coral
lettuce coral
madreporian coral
moss coral
mushroom coral
noncoral
octocoral
old coral
open brain coral
organ-pipe coral
organ coral
pillar coral)
pink coral
precious coral
purple coral
rasp coral
red coral
rose coral
scroll coral
sea whip coral
seed coral
skull coral
soft coral
staghorn coral
star coral
stone coral
stony coral
sunflower coral
tabulate coral
thorny coral
toadstool leather coral
tooth coral
tree coral
true coral
tube coral
whip coral
white coral
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