Reef
Reef is a valid word in word games.
- Tile score
- 7 points
- Letters
- 4
- Syllables
- 1
- How common
- Less common
Meaning of reef
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nounA submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water.
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nounA rocky region in the southern Transvaal in northeastern South Africa; contains rich gold deposits and coal and manganese.
Similar: rand
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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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verbLower and bring partially inboard.
“reef the sailboat's mast”
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verbRoll up (a portion of a sail) in order to reduce its area.
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verbReduce (a sail) by taking in a reef.
Definitions from WordNet 3.0, Princeton University.
Anagrams of reef
Words inside reef
Words of three letters or more made from its letters, longest first.
- fee6
- ere3
- fer6
- ref6
- ree3
Words that rhyme with reef
- chief
- beef
- brief
- grief
- leaf
- thief
- fief
- keef
- kief
- lief
- reif
- seif
- sheaf
- belief
- relief
- motif
- sharif
- debrief
- massif
- disbelief
- aperitif
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