What are some opposite words for reef?
Antonyms for reef
rifreef
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term reef.
Princeton's WordNet
reefnoun
a submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water
Witwatersrand, Rand, Reefnoun
a rocky region in the southern Transvaal in northeastern South Africa; contains rich gold deposits and coal and manganese
reefverb
one of several strips across a sail that can be taken in or rolled up to lessen the area of the sail that is exposed to the wind
reefverb
lower and bring partially inboard
"reef the sailboat's mast"
reefverb
roll up (a portion of a sail) in order to reduce its area
reefverb
reduce (a sail) by taking in a reef
How to use reef in a sentence?
The State Department official:
Ultimately no matter how much sand China piles on top of a submerged reef or shoal ... it is not enhancing its territorial claim. You can't build sovereignty, he (Kerry) will leave his Chinese interlocutors in absolutely no doubt that the United States remains committed to maintaining freedom of navigation and to exercise our legitimate rights as pertaining to over flight and movement on the high seas.
The reason for Linda Stewart proposed bill is just to make sure Linda Stewart proposed bill is discourages the use of those two chemicals, i'm not doing this so everyone gets skin cancer. There are so many other sunscreens out there that are reef-safe.
It's another way to immerse our students in reef ecology, the kids don't actually have to visit Great Barrier Reef. They can do their part by breeding clownfish in captivity and donate them to the fish shops.
I have no doubt that they (UNESCO delegates) had a perception that the barrier reef was dead. That it was doomed, it was down, it was in a bad place. And that's not the case at all, it's my belief, and it's the belief of many people, that the barrier reef has turned the corner and it's slowly improving.
We saw record-breaking temperatures all along the length of the Great Barrier Reef, there wasn't a cool portion in the north, or a cool portion in the south this time around, the whole Barrier Reef was hot so the bleaching we have seen this year is the most extensive so far.
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