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barrier reef
n 1: a long coral reef near and parallel to the shore

English Dictionary: brier patch	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bearer bond n a bond issued with detachable coupons that must be presented to the issuer for interest payments Synonym(s): coupon bond, bearer bond
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Bearer of the Sword n a small gang of terrorist thugs claiming to seek a separate Islamic state for the Muslim minority in the Philippines; uses bombing and assassination and extortion and kidnapping; "In 2001 Abu Sayyaf kidnapped twenty people and beheaded one of the American captives" Synonym(s): Abu Sayyaf, Bearer of the Sword
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Brer Rabbit n the fictional character of a rabbit who appeared in tales supposedly told by Uncle Remus and first published in 1880
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
briar pipe n a pipe made from the root (briarroot) of the tree heath Synonym(s): briar, briar pipe
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
brier patch n tangled mass of prickly plants [syn: brier, brierpatch, brier patch]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
brierpatch n tangled mass of prickly plants [syn: brier, brierpatch, brier patch]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Barrier \Bar"ri*er\, n. [OE. barrere, barere, F. barri[8a]re, fr. barre bar. See {Bar}, n.] 1. (Fort.) A carpentry obstruction, stockade, or other obstacle made in a passage in order to stop an enemy. 2. A fortress or fortified town, on the frontier of a country, commanding an avenue of approach. 3. pl. A fence or railing to mark the limits of a place, or to keep back a crowd. No sooner were the barriers opened, than he paced into the lists. --Sir W. Scott. 4. An any obstruction; anything which hinders approach or attack. [bd]Constitutional barriers.[b8] --Hopkinson. 5. Any limit or boundary; a line of separation. 'Twixt that [instinct] and reason, what a nice barrier ! --Pope. {Barrier gate}, a heavy gate to close the opening through a barrier. {Barrier reef}, a form of coral reef which runs in the general direction of the shore, and incloses a lagoon channel more or less extensive. {To fight at barriers}, to fight with a barrier between, as a martial exercise. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Coral \Cor"al\, n. [Of. coral, F, corail, L. corallum, coralium, fr. Gr. kora`llion.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) The hard parts or skeleton of various Anthozoa, and of a few Hydrozoa. Similar structures are also formed by some Bryozoa. Note: The large stony corals forming coral reefs belong to various genera of {Madreporaria}, and to the hydroid genus, {Millepora}. The red coral, used in jewelry, is the stony axis of the stem of a gorgonian ({Corallium rubrum}) found chiefly in the Mediterranean. The {fan corals}, {plume corals}, and {sea feathers} are species of {Gorgoniacea}, in which the axis is horny. Organ-pipe coral is formed by the genus {Tubipora}, an Alcyonarian, and {black coral} is in part the axis of species of the genus {Antipathes}. See {Anthozoa}, {Madrepora}. 2. The ovaries of a cooked lobster; -- so called from their color. 3. A piece of coral, usually fitted with small bells and other appurtenances, used by children as a plaything. {Brain coral}, or {Brain stone coral}. See under {Brain}. {Chain coral}. See under {Chain}. {Coral animal} (Zo[94]l.), one of the polyps by which corals are formed. They are often very erroneously called {coral insects}. {Coral fish}. See in the Vocabulary. {Coral reefs} (Phys. Geog.), reefs, often of great extent, made up chiefly of fragments of corals, coral sands, and the solid limestone resulting from their consolidation. They are classed as {fringing reefs}, when they border the land; {barrier reefs}, when separated from the shore by a broad belt of water; {atolls}, when they constitute separate islands, usually inclosing a lagoon. See {Atoll}. {Coral root} (Bot.), a genus ({Corallorhiza}) of orchideous plants, of a yellowish or brownish red color, parasitic on roots of other plants, and having curious jointed or knotted roots not unlike some kinds of coral. See Illust. under {Coralloid}. {Coral snake}. (Zo) (a) A small, venomous, Brazilian snake {(Elaps corallinus)}, coral-red, with black bands. (b) A small, harmless, South American snake ({Tortrix scytale}). {Coral tree} (Bot.), a tropical, leguminous plant, of several species, with showy, scarlet blossoms and coral-red seeds. The best known is {Erythrina Corallodendron}. {Coral wood}, a hard, red cabinet wood. --McElrath.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Bar Harbor, ME (CDP, FIPS 2830) Location: 44.38242 N, 68.21187 W Population (1990): 2768 (1537 housing units) Area: 8.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 04609
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Brierfield, AL Zip code(s): 35035
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Browerville, MN (city, FIPS 8110) Location: 46.08573 N, 94.86806 W Population (1990): 782 (351 housing units) Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56438
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Brouwer Fixed-Point Theorem A well-known result in {topology} stating that any {continuous transformation} of an n-dimensional disk must have at least one {fixed point}. [Is this correct?] (2001-03-29)