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Noun
/ˈkôrəl/,/ˈkär-/,
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corals, plural;
  1. A hard stony substance secreted by certain marine coelenterates as an external skeleton, typically forming large reefs in warm seas
    • - a coral reef
  2. Precious red coral, used in jewelry

  3. The pinkish-red color of red coral

  4. A sedentary coelenterate of warm and tropical seas, with a calcareous, horny, or soft skeleton. Most corals are colonial and many rely on the presence of green algae in their tissues to obtain energy from sunlight

  5. The unfertilized roe of a lobster or scallop, which is used as food and becomes reddish when cooked

  1. (coral) of a strong pink to yellowish-pink color
  2. (coral) a variable color averaging a deep pink
  3. (coral) the hard stony skeleton of a Mediterranean coral that has a delicate red or pink color and is used for jewelry
  4. (coral) unfertilized lobster roe; reddens in cooking; used as garnish or to color sauces
  5. (coral) marine colonial polyp characterized by a calcareous skeleton; masses in a variety of shapes often forming reefs
  6. Corals are marine organisms in class Anthozoa of phylum Cnidaria typically living in compact colonies of many identical individual "polyps". The group includes the important reef builders that inhabit tropical oceans, which secrete calcium carbonate to form a hard skeleton.
  7. (Coral (bookmaker)) Gala Coral Group Ltd is a British betting shop, bingo and casino operator owned by private equity houses Candover Investments, Cinven and Permira. In October 2005 it merged with Coral Eurobet for £2.18 billion. ...
  8. (Coral (cheese)) Korall (Коралл) is a Russian cream cheese with a shrimp flavoring. The cheese began production in Soviet times. Today the brand has no single owner, and is produced by several companies.
  9. (Coral (colour)) The various shades of the color coral are representations of the wide range of colors of the class of cnidarians also called corals. The complementary color of coral is teal.
  10. (Coral (name)) Coral is a female first name of Indo-European origins. It derives from the term "kora halos" which translates to "maiden of the sea". It was the 943rd most popular name in the United States from 1900-1909, the 977th in 1991, and 988th in 1992.
  11. (Coral (network)) The Coral Content Distribution Network, sometimes called Coral Cache or Coral, is a free peer-to-peer content distribution network designed and operated by . ...
  12. (Coral) A female given name
  13. (Coral) Invertebrates that secrete an internal, hard skeleton structure composed of calcium carbonate, which is absorbed from the surrounding water.
  14. (coral) an invertebrate animal with a calcium carbonate skeleton; related to the jellyfish and the sea anemone; as corals die, their skeletons create reefs
  15. (Coral) The skeletal remains of marine animals, and has a range in color from red, pink, and salmon.
  16. Coral is an animal that grows in colonies in the ocean. Coral polyps secrete a strong calcium structure that is used in jewelry making. Coral ranges in color from pale pink (called angelskin coral) to orange to red to white to black. ...
  17. (coral) small, colonial, bottom-dwelling, marine animals that secrete external skeletons of calcium carbonate (calcite). ...
  18. Coral is the skeletal remains of marine animals called coral polyps. These are tiny creatures that live in colonies and build branching structures of calcium carbonate and the colonies grow to reefs and atolls. ...
  19. (Coral) The roe or eggs of certain shellfish.
  20. Most coral comes from the Mediterranean, although some is also harvested from Japanese reefs. The color ranges from white to pale pink to blood red. Genuine coral will bubble slightly if a drop of lemon juice is placed on it. ...
  21. (coral) A large group of shallow-water, bottom-dwelling marine invertebrates comprising reef-building colonies common in warm waters [LCOTE]
  22. (CORAL) A process that lessens the dependence on regular water changes natural source of calcium, strontium and trace elements which eliminates the need to siphon clean the system providing habitat for burrowing fish, anenomes and otherinvertebrates.
  23. (CORAL (genuine)) Skeleton of the coral polyp which was highly popular in fashionable English Victorian circles.  Most coral used in Victorian jewelry came from the Mediterranean.
  24. (CORAL) Hebrew, rãmôth, should probably be substituted, Job 28:18, for "eminent things", and Ezekiel 27:16, for "silk" in the D.V. The coral dealt with at Tyre was that of the Red Sea or even of the Indian Ocean; coral seems to have been scarcely known among the Jews.
  25. (Coral) A calcareous marine organism that is fashioned into an opaque gem that ranges in colors of white, pink, orange, red and black. Frequently seen carved, cabochon cut and as beads in antique and period jewelery. Tends to be a bit porous.