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barrier reef
noun
- a reef of coral running roughly parallel to the shore and separated from it by a wide, deep lagoon.
barrier reef
noun
- a long narrow coral reef near and lying parallel to the shore, separated from it by deep water See Great Barrier Reef
barrier reef
- A long, narrow ridge of coral that runs parallel to the mainland and is separated from it by a deep lagoon.
- Compare atoll
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Word History and Origins
Origin of barrier reef1
First recorded in 1795–1805
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Example Sentences
I was out, maybe in the Great Barrier Reef catching black marlin.
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The light came, touching with silver the great, tumbling seas outside the barrier reef, but the seas were empty.
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How I wish we were going down the east coast of Australia, inside the barrier-reef, instead of down the stormy west coast!
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He had five fine boats, which are constantly at work inside the Great Barrier Reef.
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Thus a barrier reef may be formed by the seaward growth of a fringing reef upon the talus of its sea face.
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There is no encircling barrier reef, while the soundings are so regular as to exclude the existence of coral knolls.
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