1. coral - Noun
2. coral - Adjective
3. coral - Adjective Satellite
4. Coral - Proper noun
The hard parts or skeleton of various Anthozoa, and of a few Hydrozoa. Similar structures are also formed by some Bryozoa.
The ovaries of a cooked lobster; -- so called from their color.
A piece of coral, usually fitted with small bells and other appurtenances, used by children as a plaything.
Source: Webster's dictionaryFull fathom five thy father lies; Of his bones are coral made; Those are pearls that were his eyes: Nothing of him that doth fade, But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich and strange. William Shakespeare
Language is a city to the building of which every human being brought a stone; yet he is no more to be credited with the grand result than the acaleph which adds a cell to the coral reef which is the basis of the continent. Ralph Waldo Emerson
He that loves a rosy cheek, Or a coral lip admires, Or from star-like eyes doth seek Fuel to maintain his fires,- As old Time makes these decay, So his flames must waste away. Thomas Carew
A coral reef strengthens into land. Hawaiian Proverb
A coral reef hardens into land. Hawaiian Proverb
The coral waxes, the palm grows, but man departs. Tahitian Proverb