Synonyms of the word coral


CORALACTINOZOAN - ANTHOZOAN - CHROMATIC - PINK - ROE

coral

  • n. (uncountable) A hard substance made of the limestone skeletons of marine polyps.
  • n. (countable) A colony of marine polyps.
  • n. (countable) A somewhat yellowish pink colour, the colour of red coral.
  • n. The ovaries of a cooked lobster; so called from their colour.
  • n. (historical) A piece of coral, usually fitted with small bells and other appurtenances, used by children…
  • adj. Made of coral.
  • adj. Having the yellowish pink colour of coral.

actinozoan

  • n. Synonym of actinozoon.

anthozoan

  • n. (marine biology) A marine invertebrate of the class Anthozoa, such as a sea anemone or coral.

chromatic

  • adj. Relating to or characterised by hue.
  • adj. Having the capacity to separate spectral colours by refraction.
  • adj. (music) Related to or using notes not belonging to the diatonic scale of the key in which a passage is…

pink

  • n. (regional) The common minnow, Phoxinus phoxinus.
  • n. (regional) A young Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, before it becomes a smolt; a parr.
  • n. (now historical) A narrow boat.
  • v. To decorate a piece of clothing or fabric by adding holes or by scalloping the fringe.
  • v. To prick with a sword.
  • v. To wound by irony, criticism, or ridicule.
  • v. To choose; to cull; to pick out.
  • n. A stab.
  • n. Any of various flowers in the genus Dianthus, sometimes called carnations.
  • n. (dated) A perfect example; excellence, perfection; the embodiment of some quality.
  • n. The colour of this flower, between red and white; pale red.
  • n. Hunting pink; scarlet, as worn by hunters.
  • n. (snooker) One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 6 points.
  • n. (slang) An unlettered and uncultured, but relatively prosperous, member of the middle classes; compare…
  • adj. Having a colour between red and white; pale red.
  • adj. Of a fox-hunter's jacket: scarlet.
  • adj. Having conjunctivitis.
  • adj. (obsolete) By comparison to red (communist), describing someone who sympathizes with the ideals of communism…
  • adj. (informal) Relating to women or girls.
  • adj. (informal) Relating to homosexuals as a group within society.
  • v. (transitive) To turn (a topaz or other gemstone) pink by the application of heat; (more generally) to…
  • v. (of a motor car) To emit a high "pinking" noise, usually as a result of ill-set ignition timing for the…
  • v. (obsolete) To wink; to blink.
  • adj. (obsolete) Half-shut; winking.

roe

  • n. The eggs of fish.
  • n. The sperm of certain fish.
  • n. The ovaries of certain crustaceans.
  • n. A small, nimble Eurasian deer, Capreolus capreolus, with no visible tail, a white rump patch, and a reddish…
  • n. A mottled appearance of light and shade in wood, especially in mahogany.

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