Definition of Great barrier reef

1. Noun. The largest coral reef in the world; in the Coral Sea off the northeastern coast of Australia.

Group relationships: Australia, Commonwealth Of Australia, Australia
Generic synonyms: Coral Reef

Definition of Great barrier reef

1. Proper noun. A massive system of coral reefs, found in the Coral Sea off the coast of Australia. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Great Barrier Reef

Graves' ophthalmopathy
Graves' optic neuropathy
Graves' orbitopathy
Gravesian
Grawitz' basophilia
Grawitz' tumour
Gray
Gray Friar
Gray code
Gray codes
Grayan
Grayson
Graz
Great Attractor
Great Australian Bight
Great Barrier Reef
Great Basin
Great Bear
Great Britain
Great Britain and Ireland
Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Great Dane
Great Danes
Great Depression
Great Divide
Great Dividing Range
Great Dog
Great Falls
Great Firewall of China
Great Galactic Ghoul

Literary usage of Great barrier reef

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1893)
"THE great barrier reef OF AUSTRALIA. By HENRY O. FORBES. THE great Barrier Eeef of Australia was, as is well known, discovered on June llth, 1770, ..."

2. Elementary Physical Geography by William Morris Davis (1902)
"Part of the great barrier reef of Australia (as seen at low tide, looking toward the mainland) 188. Barrier Reefs. — A fringing reef broadens by the outward ..."

3. Outlines of Physical Geography by George William Fitch (1856)
"On the northeast coast of Australia is a reef of coral called the Great Barrier Reef, having a length of nearly 1000 miles, and being in one part unbroken ..."

4. Narrative of the Surveying Voyage of H.M.S. Fly, Commanded by Captain F.P by Joseph Beete Jukes (1847)
"Diagram to represent an imaginary section of the Great Barrier reef. The proportions are enormously distorted, ..."

5. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1898)
"The great barrier reef is in many places double, seeming to consist of two ... The broad lagoon within the great barrier reef has an almost uniform depth of ..."

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