Synonyms for barrier reef

Princeton's WordNet

1. barrier reef(noun)

   a long coral reef near and parallel to the shore

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Alex

US English

Daniel

British

Karen

Australian

Veena

Indian

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How to use barrier reef in a sentence?

1. Sean Ryan:

   This case is about whether the minister correctly applied the law when considering the impacts of the project on the Great Barrier Reef and endangered Black-throated finch.

2. Scott Bryan:

   The pumice gets waterlogged or negatively buoyant and sinks to the sea floor and gets logged and stuck there, then those plants and animals and Great Barrier Reef can then continue to grow and grow in this new location.

3. Prince Charles:

   The fact that significant portions of the Great Barrier Reef on Australia’s eastern coast have been severely degraded or lost over the last few years is both a tragedy and also, I would have thought, a very serious wakeup call.

4. John Burt:

   It's a natural laboratory for studying how coral reefs might respond to climate change, these corals exist in hotter conditions than are projected for at least another century in places like Australias Great Barrier Reef and the Caribbean.

5. Guillermo Blanc:

   It's like putting an oil rig in the middle of the Great Barrier Reef, it's insane.

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