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.—
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Ships like Scenic Eclipse I and II and Viking Polaris and Octantis use it in shallow, fragile areas to minimize harm to seabeds.
—Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 June 2024
Along its edge was a shallow seabed teeming with strange, alien-like creatures — the first life forms on our planet.
—Justin Meneguzzi, Travel + Leisure, 16 June 2024
That includes the Rottnest ship graveyard just southwest of Rottnest Island, with a seabed some 50 to 200 meters below sea level (164 to 656 feet).
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 2 Apr. 2024
Scraping coastal ecosystems churns up vegetation, soil and seabeds and disrupts marine life.
—David A. Taylor, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2024
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Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 June 2024
Along its edge was a shallow seabed teeming with strange, alien-like creatures — the first life forms on our planet.
—Justin Meneguzzi, Travel + Leisure, 16 June 2024
That includes the Rottnest ship graveyard just southwest of Rottnest Island, with a seabed some 50 to 200 meters below sea level (164 to 656 feet).
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 2 Apr. 2024
Scraping coastal ecosystems churns up vegetation, soil and seabeds and disrupts marine life.
—David A. Taylor, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2024
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“Seabed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seabed. Accessed 30 Jun. 2024.
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seabed
noun
sea·bed
ˈsē-ˌbed 
: the floor of a sea or ocean
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