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lakebed

American  
[leyk-bed] / ˈleɪkˌbɛd /
Or lake bed

noun

  1. the bottom or floor of a lake.


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Even during the original dedication of the dam and reservoir, conditions were dry enough for grass to grow across exposed lakebed.

From Science Daily Jun. 18, 2026

To answer that question, the researchers examined three types of geochemical markers preserved in lakebed sediments.

From Science Daily Apr. 27, 2026

One recent afternoon, he stood on a ridge above a sprawling dry lakebed.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 17, 2025

“The playa,” a nearly six-square-mile patch on a 200-mile Pleistocene era lakebed, is what Burners call the festival zone.

From Salon Sep. 2, 2025

The lakebed was on a mission to bury the base, the men, and all of their planes, and it was succeeding.

From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand

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