reef (4 letters)
reef
7
- Length
- 4 letters
- Scrabble score
- 7 points
- Frequency
- Less common
- Pronunciation
- REEF
What it means
- verb — lower and bring partially inboard
- verb — roll up (a portion of a sail) in order to reduce its area
- verb — reduce (a sail) by taking in a reef
- noun — a submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water
- noun — a rocky region in the southern Transvaal in northeastern South Africa; contains rich gold deposits and coal and manganese
- 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