seabed

noun

sea·​bed ˈsē-ˌbed How to pronounce seabed (audio)
variants or less commonly sea bed
plural seabeds also sea beds
: the floor of a sea or ocean : seafloor
This atoll is the summit of an undersea volcano that rises from the seabed 10,000 feet below the surface.Kennedy Warne

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Yet the blue economy, especially industries like seabed and deep sea mining, can worsen the ocean's ability to act as a carbon sink and can worsen overall climate change. Devika Rao, theweek, 11 Nov. 2024 Sliding data centers into giant tubes and anchoring them to seabeds may help Big Tech avoid runaway meltdowns—and high cooling costs. Jason Kehe, WIRED, 17 Dec. 2018 Only after keeping silent for 76 years, and after the United Nations referred to the possible existence of natural resources underneath the adjacent seabed, did China start making their territorial claims, rather abruptly. Foreign Affairs, 16 May 2013 During the twentieth century, decades of looting by divers and unlicensed salvage companies stripped some seabeds clean. Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for seabed 

Word History

First Known Use

1838, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of seabed was in 1838

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“Seabed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seabed. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.

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seabed

noun
sea·​bed ˈsē-ˌbed How to pronounce seabed (audio)
: the floor of a sea or ocean

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