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nouna rocky region in the southern Transvaal in northeastern South Africa; contains rich gold deposits and coal and manganese
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nouna submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the watertype of:
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"reef the sailboat's mast"verblower and bring partially inboardtype of:
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nounone of several strips across a sail that can be taken in or rolled up to lessen the area of the sail that is exposed to the wind
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verbreduce (a sail) by taking in a reef
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verbroll up (a portion of a sail) in order to reduce its area
Definition that contains reef
- key a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida
- granny a reef knot crossed the wrong way and therefore insecure
- triple increase threefold
- reef reduce (a sail) by taking in a reef
- coral marine colonial polyp characterized by a calcareous skeleton; masses in a variety of shapes often forming reefs
- lagoon a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral
- laguna a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral
- treble increase threefold
- atoll an island consisting of a circular coral reef surrounding a lagoon
- triplicate reproduce threefold