barrier reef

English

Noun

barrier reef (plural barrier reefs)

  1. A reef separated from the adjacent coast by a channel or lagoon; a reef that forms a barrier between the open ocean and the waters of the shoreline.
    • 1966, Bruce Brown, director, The Endless Summer:
      Ask anyone who's been there and they'll tell you the same thing - there's no surf in Tahiti. The reason they say is because this barrier reef.

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