coral

«coral» in Mova's school dictionary: a hard, stony material made by tiny sea animals; over… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (coral, uncountable; a coral, corals); adjective (coral pink)

meaning for a pupil

1) Coral is a hard, stony material made by tiny sea animals; over many years it builds up into reefs in warm, shallow seas. tree →

2) A coral is one of these tiny animals, or a group of them. tree →

3) Coral is a pinkish-orange colour. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science and geography, coral reefs are home to many fish and sea creatures; the Great Barrier Reef near Australia is the largest. Corals are animals, not plants, and warming seas and pollution harm them (coral bleaching). Phrases: coral reef, coral bleaching, coral island, coral pink.

examples

• Coral reefs are full of colourful fish. tree →
• The Great Barrier Reef is made of coral. tree →
• Coral is built by tiny animals called polyps. tree →
• Don't touch or break the coral when you snorkel. tree →
• Hot water can turn coral white, which is called bleaching. tree →
• She painted her room coral pink. tree →
• We saw many different corals in the aquarium. tree →
• Its walls are built of coral, and the long, gothic windows are of the clearest amber. tree →

note

Mostly uncountable (made of coral), countable for kinds or single animals (corals). Myth: coral is not a plant or a rock; it is made by animals. Do not confuse with «choral» (sung by a choir), which sounds the same, or «corral» (a fenced area for horses).

In the corpora

• Coral reefs cover less than 1 per cent of the ocean floor but are home to about a quarter of all sea fish species.
• Corals are tiny animals called polyps that build limestone skeletons; algae living inside them make food from sunlight and share it.
• When the sea gets too warm, coral throws out its algae and turns white, which is called bleaching.
• The Great Barrier Reef off Australia is the largest coral reef system on Earth, made of thousands of separate reefs.
• Hawksbill turtles eat sponges that many other animals cannot eat, and this helps corals have more space to grow.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «coral» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.