coral

/kˈɔɹəl/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

noun

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

adjective

1. of a strong pink to yellowish-pink color

Synonyms for coral

• red coral
• precious coral
• chromatic

Words that rhyme with coral

• sorrel
• oral
• floral
• laurel
• moral
• quarrel
• aural
• auroral
• balmoral
• choral
• immoral
• goral
• amoral
• boral
• borel
• borell
• burrill
• corle
• curle
• horrell
• hurrell
• koral
• loral
• morell
• murrell
• murrill
• norell
• norrell
• orel
• reloral