coral

plural corals

1. countableAny 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.
2. uncountableA hard substance made of the skeletons of these organisms.
3. countableA somewhat yellowish orange-pink color; the color of red coral (Corallium rubrum) of the Mediterranean Sea, commonly used as an ornament or gem.

   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

4. countableuncountableThe ovaries of a cooked lobster; so called from their color.
5. countablehistoricaluncountableA piece of coral, usually fitted with small bells and other appurtenances, used by children as a plaything.

   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

1. not comparableMade of coral.
2. not comparableHaving the orange-pink color of coral.

plural corals

1. obsoleteObsolete form of corral.

present singular third person corals · US participle present coraling · UK participle present coralling · US participle past coraled · US past coraled · UK participle past coralled · UK past coralled

1. obsoleteObsolete form of corral.

1. A census-designated place in McHenry County, Illinois, United States.
2. A female given name from English.

   1 more example

   "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