great barrier reef
41barrier — /bar ee euhr/, n. 1. anything built or serving to bar passage, as a railing, fence, or the like: People may pass through the barrier only when their train is announced. 2. any natural bar or obstacle: a mountain barrier. 3. anything that… …
42great — greatness, n. /grayt/, adj., greater, greatest, adv., n., pl. greats, (esp. collectively) great, interj. adj. 1. unusually or comparatively large in size or dimensions: A great fire destroyed nearly half the city …
43reef — 1 noun (C) a line of sharp rocks, often made of coral, or a raised area of sand near the surface of the sea: The ship was wrecked on a reef. | the Great Barrier Reef 2 also reef in verb (T) technical to tie up part of a sail in order to make it… …
44great — great1 [ greıt ] adjective *** ▸ 1 (not) good/enjoyable ▸ 2 more than usual ▸ 3 important/powerful ▸ 4 able to do something well ▸ 5 for expressing pleasure ▸ 6 enthusiastic ▸ 7 in another generation ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) INFORMAL very good, enjoyable …
45great — I UK [ɡreɪt] / US adjective Word forms great : adjective great comparative greater superlative greatest *** 1) bigger or more than is usual She had great difficulty in guessing where I was from. They could be in great danger. He was in a great… …
46Reef — /rif/ (say reef) noun 1. the → Great Barrier Reef. 2. → Witwatersrand …
47reef pilot — /ˈrif paɪlət/ (say reef puyluht) noun a pilot who is required to guide shipping vessels through the Great Barrier Reef …
48Great Canal — waterway between Australia and the Great Barrier Reef …
49BARRIER REEF, THE GREAT — a slightly interrupted succession of coral reefs off the coast of Queensland, of 1200 m. extent, and 100 m. wide at the S., and growing narrower as they go N.; are from 70 to 20 m. off the coast, and protect the intermediate channel from the… …
50Great Blue Hole — Das Great Blue Hole, September 2006 Das Great Blue Hole (eng.: großes blaues Loch) ist eine runde unterseeische Doline vor der Küste des mittelamerikanischen Staates Belize. Es liegt in der Nähe des Zentrums des karibischen Lighthouse Reef, etwa… …
