"barrier reef" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: barrier reefs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} barrier reef (plural barrier reefs)
  1. A reef separated from the adjacent coast by a channel or lagoon. Categories (topical): Nautical Translations (reef separated from the adjacent coast): escull barrera [masculine] (Catalan), 堡礁 (bǎojiāo) (Chinese Mandarin), barriererev [neuter] (Danish), valliriutta (Finnish), Barriereriff [neuter] (German), barriererev [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), barriererev [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), rafa barierowa [feminine] (Polish), barriärrev [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-barrier_reef-en-noun-JYCr-CBU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

Inflected forms

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