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coral [kawr-uhl, kor-] Example Sentences
Main Entry:
orange [awr-inj, or-]
Part of Speech: noun, adjective
Definition: combination of red and yellow
Synonyms: apricot, bittersweet, cantaloupe, carrot, coral, peach, red-yellow, salmon, tangerine, titian
Main Entry: red
Part of Speech: noun, adjective
Definition: color of blood; shade resembling such a color
Synonyms: bittersweet, bloodshot, blooming, blush, brick, burgundy, cardinal, carmine, cerise, cherry, chestnut, claret, copper, coral, crimson, dahlia, flaming, florid, flushed, fuchsia, garnet, geranium, glowing, healthy, inflamed, infrared, magenta, maroon, pink, puce, rose, roseate, rosy, rubicund, ruby, ruddy, rufescent, russet, rust, salmon, sanguine, scarlet, titian, vermilion, wine
Main Entry: rosy
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: pink, reddish in color
Synonyms: aflush, blooming, blushing, colored, coral, deep pink, fresh, glowing, healthy-looking, high-colored, incarnadine, pale red, peach, red, red-complexioned, red-faced, rose-colored, roseate, rubicund, ruddy
Antonyms: pale
Example Sentences
  • Coral reefs were severely damaged by elevated sea temperatures last year.
  • So stressed middle-sized fish make for both happy coral and happy predators-in short, a healthy and highly productive reef.
  • Scientists have devised a way to measure the health of coral reefs through aerial surveys that record color characteristics.
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Main Entry: polyp
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: growth
Synonyms: anemone, coelenterate, coral, hydra, hydroid, tumor
Related Words
Main Entry: orange
Part of Speech: noun, adjective
Related
Adjectives:
orange, terra
Related Words
Main Entry: red
Part of Speech: noun, adjective
Related
Adjectives:
red, blowzed, blowzy, blushing, brick, buff, burnt, carroty, cerise, cherry, coral, crimson, erubescent, ferruginous, flame, flammulated, flesh, foxy, gules, hot, hot pink, incarnadin, incarnadine, latericeous, lateritious, lurid, magenta, maroon, murrey, phenicious, poppy, puniceous, red as a lobster, red as a turkey, red as fire, red as scarlet, reddened, reddish, roon, rose, roseate, rubedinous, rubescent, rubicund, rubiginous, ruby, rufous, russet, rutilant, salmon, shell, sorrel, stammel, vinaceous, warm
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: Orange.
Category: 2. Sensation; special sensation; light; complementary colors
Synonyms:
-nouns
orange, red and yellow; gold; or; flame color., [Pigments] ocher, Mars' orange, cadmium., cardinal bird, cardinal flower, cardinal grosbeak, cardinal lobelia.
-verbs
gild, warm.
-adjectives
orange; ochreous; orange-colored, gold-colored, flame-colored, copper-colored, brass-colored, apricot-colored; warm, hot, glowing.
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