How do you use the word "coral" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "coral" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "coral": Coral reefs attract a variety of beautiful marine life. I went snorkeling in a beautiful coral reef.

Coral Meaning

/ˈkɒɹəl/

Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounAny of many species of marine invertebrates in the class Anthozoa, most of which build hard calcium carbonate skeletons and form colonies, or a colony belonging to one of those species.

nounA hard substance made of the skeletons of these organisms.

Sentence Examples

Coral reefs attract a variety of beautiful marine life.

I went snorkeling in a beautiful coral reef.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

chromatic

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

The diver touched a piece of ____ while exploring the reef.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

____ reefs attract a variety of beautiful marine life.

Word Origin & History

From Old French coral (French corail), from Latin corallium, from Ancient Greek κοράλλιον (korállion, “coral”). Probably ultimately of Semitic origin, compare Hebrew גּוֹרָל (goral, “small pebble”), Arabic جَرَل (jaral, “small stone”), originally referring to the red variety found in the Mediterranean. Since ancient times, a common folk etymology, accepted by some earlier scholars, connected the word instead to Ancient Greek κόρη (kórē) (referring to Medusa). Beekes mentions both theories and considers the Semitic one convincing.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"The coral faded even from her lips, till they were as white as Leo's face, and quivered pitifully." — 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:

"On the very chair which I used to occupy when I was at work Marian was sitting now, with the child industriously sucking his coral upon her lap." — 1859, Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White:

""Where are you from originally, Coral?" / "Indiana." / "Lots of Corals out there, I bet." / She hesitated, seemed about to flare, and then smiled instead, showing a little gap between two front teeth. "Well, it was Cora Lucille, I guess, " she said, still smiling, looking very much like a Cora Lucille in that moment." — 1990, Ed McBain, Vespers, Mandarin, published 1991, →ISBN, page 78:

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