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Meanings of reef in anglès
portuguès
witwatersrand A rocky region in the southern Transvaal in northeastern South Africa; contains rich gold deposits and coal and manganese.
Usage of reef in anglès
1
Two years later and the reef had still not run its course.
2
The Mesoamerican reef deal is TNC's latest structure to protect coastal resources.
3
The South African city of Johannesburg was built on enormous gold reef.
4
The proposed development will affect the reef at just about every stage.
5
That is one of the remarkable forms of reef in the Pacific.
6
A large container ship has run onto a reef off New Caledonia.
7
The hull had slipped off the reef and lay in fifteen fathoms.
8
Manowolko is about fifteen miles long, and is a mere; upraised coral-reef.
9
The Mermaid was nearly lost in attempting to cross the latter reef.
10
The reef must be a drowned atoll, perhaps surrounding a former island.
11
The sea lifted the schooner and sent her farther on the reef.
12
The leeward end of the reef was chosen for the new ship-yard.
13
An opening appears in the reef-wepull through it and land easily.
14
The natives paddled her out nearly to the edge of the reef.
15
Over a week now since the barquentine had thundered across the reef.
16
The sound came from the waves that beat upon the Bryngelly reef.
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