reef

What does reef mean?

• A valid word accepted in tournament Scrabble and Words With Friends play.

• noun

  a rocky region in the southern Transvaal in northeastern South Africa; contains rich gold deposits and coal and manganese

• noun

  a submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water

• verb

  lower and bring partially inboard

• noun

  one 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

• verb

  reduce (a sail) by taking in a reef

• verb

  roll up (a portion of a sail) in order to reduce its area

Anagrams of reef