Coralnoun
(uncountable) A hard substance made of the limestone skeletons of marine polyps.
Coralnoun
(countable) A colony of marine polyps.
Coralnoun
(countable) A somewhat yellowish pink colour, the colour of red coral.
Coralnoun
The ovaries of a cooked lobster; so called from their colour.
Coralnoun
(historical) A piece of coral, usually fitted with small bells and other appurtenances, used by children as a plaything.
Coraladjective
Made of coral.
Coraladjective
Having the yellowish pink colour of coral.
Coralnoun
The hard parts or skeleton of various Anthozoa, and of a few Hydrozoa. Similar structures are also formed by some Bryozoa.
Coralnoun
The ovaries of a cooked lobster; - so called from their color.
Coralnoun
A piece of coral, usually fitted with small bells and other appurtenances, used by children as a plaything.
Coralnoun
a variable color averaging a deep pink
Coralnoun
the hard stony skeleton of a Mediterranean coral that has a delicate red or pink color and is used for jewelry
Coralnoun
unfertilized lobster roe; reddens in cooking; used as garnish or to color sauces
Coralnoun
marine colonial polyp characterized by a calcareous skeleton; masses in a variety of shapes often forming reefs
Coraladjective
of a strong pink to yellowish-pink color
Coralnoun
a hard stony substance secreted by certain marine coelenterates as an external skeleton, typically forming large reefs in warm seas
Coralnoun
precious red coral, used in jewellery
Coralnoun
the pinkish-red colour of red coral
Coralnoun
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.
Coralnoun
the unfertilized roe of a lobster or scallop, which is used as food and becomes reddish when cooked
Coral
Corals are marine invertebrates within the class Anthozoa of the phylum Cnidaria. They typically form compact colonies of many identical individual polyps.
Corralnoun
An enclosure for livestock, especially a circular one.
Corralnoun
An enclosure or area to concentrate a dispersed group.
Corralnoun
A circle of wagons, either for the purpose of trapping livestock, or for defense.
Corralverb
To capture or round up.
Corralverb
To place inside of a corral.
Corralverb
To make a circle of vehicles, as of wagons so as to form a corral.
Corralnoun
A pen for animals; esp., an inclosure made with wagons, by emigrants in the vicinity of hostile Indians, as a place of security for horses, cattle, etc.
Corralverb
To surround and inclose; to coop up; to put into an inclosed space; - primarily used with reference to securing horses and cattle in an inclosure of wagons while traversing the plains, but in the Southwestern United States now colloquially applied to the capturing, securing, or penning of anything.
Corralnoun
a pen for cattle
Corralverb
enclose in a corral;
Corralverb
arrange wagons so that they form a corral
Corralverb
collect or gather;
Corralverb
gather together and confine (a group of people or things)
Corralverb
put or keep (livestock) in a corral
Corralverb
form (wagons) into a corral
Corralnoun
a pen for livestock, especially cattle or horses, on a farm or ranch
Corralnoun
a defensive enclosure formed of wagons in an encampment.