the seabed

noun

: the ground that is at the bottom of the sea

Examples of the seabed in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Kyrenia Ship hull on the seabed off northern Cyprus during underwater excavation in the later 1960s. Shubhangi Dua, Interesting Engineering, 26 June 2024 According to international law, the seabed belongs to everyone. Big Think, 24 June 2024 So the ocean, and not space aliens, explains why ancient whale parts have turned up in Lincoln Heights and Mt. Washington, once the contours of the seabed. Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2024 Night was falling over the shallow waters of Bocas del Toro, and James Morin, an emeritus professor at Cornell University, flicked on his underwater flashlight to catch a glimpse of the seabed. Elizabeth Anne Brown, New York Times, 29 Nov. 2023 See all Example Sentences for the seabed 

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“The seabed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20seabed. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.

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