CORAL
What does "CORAL" mean?
A hard structure built by colonies of tiny marine animals, or the pinkish-orange color of it.
Meanings
- The stony skeleton secreted by colonial marine polyps, often forming reefs. The diver brushed past a branch of coral that had taken centuries to grow.
- A pinkish-orange color, named after the precious red coral. She painted the nursery a soft coral.
- Of the pinkish-orange color of coral. He wore a coral tie to the summer wedding.
Did you know?
- Coral reefs cover under 1% of the seafloor yet shelter roughly a quarter of all known marine species.
- Each reef is built by polyps just millimeters wide - yet their colonies, like the Great Barrier Reef, are visible from orbit.
Word origin
From Greek 'korallion', via Latin 'corallium' and Old French 'coral', referring to the red coral prized for jewelry in the ancient Mediterranean.
Remember it
CORAL hides ORAL - a reef is the ocean's mouth, all those tiny polyps feeding in the current.
A little poem
Stone bloom in blue light-
ten thousand small mouths breathing
a city of bone.
haiku
What it teaches
The largest living things are built by the smallest ones, one quiet generation at a time.
Quick facts
What does CORAL mean?
A hard structure built by colonies of tiny marine animals, or the pinkish-orange color of it.
Is CORAL a valid word?
Yes — CORAL is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is CORAL?
CORAL has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does CORAL come from?
From Greek 'korallion', via Latin 'corallium' and Old French 'coral', referring to the red coral prized for jewelry in the ancient Mediterranean.
What can CORAL teach us?
The largest living things are built by the smallest ones, one quiet generation at a time.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.