coral reef

coral reef
Synonyms and related words:
ait, archipelago, atoll, bank, bar, bill, breakwater, cape, cay, chersonese, continental island, coral head, coral island, delta, flat, ford, foreland, head, headland, holm, hook, insularity, island, island group, islandology, isle, islet, key, mull, naze, ness, oceanic island, peninsula, point, promontory, reef, sandbank, sandbar, sandspit, shallow, shallows, shelf, shoal, shoal water, spit, spur, tidal flats, tongue, wetlands

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