CORAL

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does coral mean? 

• CORAL (noun)
  The noun CORAL has 4 senses:

1. a variable color averaging a deep pink
2. the hard stony skeleton of a Mediterranean coral that has a delicate red or pink color and is used for jewelry
3. unfertilized lobster roe; reddens in cooking; used as garnish or to color sauces
4. marine colonial polyp characterized by a calcareous skeleton; masses in a variety of shapes often forming reefs

  Familiarity information: CORAL used as a noun is uncommon.

• CORAL (adjective)
  The adjective CORAL has 1 sense:

1. of a strong pink to yellowish-pink color

  Familiarity information: CORAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CORAL (noun)

Meaning:

A variable color averaging a deep pink

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("coral" is a kind of...):

pink (a light shade of red)

Meaning:

The hard stony skeleton of a Mediterranean coral that has a delicate red or pink color and is used for jewelry

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

precious coral; red coral; coral

Hypernyms ("coral" is a kind of...):

opaque gem (a gemstone that is opaque)

Meaning:

Unfertilized lobster roe; reddens in cooking; used as garnish or to color sauces

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("coral" is a kind of...):

hard roe; roe (fish eggs or egg-filled ovary; having a grainy texture)

Holonyms ("coral" is a part of...):

lobster (flesh of a lobster)

Meaning:

Marine colonial polyp characterized by a calcareous skeleton; masses in a variety of shapes often forming reefs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("coral" is a kind of...):

actinozoan; anthozoan (sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "coral"):

gorgonian; gorgonian coral (corals having a horny of calcareous branching skeleton)

madrepore; madriporian coral; stony coral (corals having calcareous skeletons aggregations of which form reefs and islands)

• CORAL (adjective)

Meaning:

Of a strong pink to yellowish-pink color

Similar:

chromatic (being or having or characterized by hue)