sea floor
- a variation of seafloor.
Example Sentences
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The ship, also linked to the Kremlin’s deep-sea unit, has crisscrossed the globe for a decade mapping vital arteries for the global economy that run along the sea floor, Western officials say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026
Environmental campaigners warn deep-sea mining threatens marine ecosystems and will disrupt the sea floor.
From Barron's ● Feb. 2, 2026
The only otter seen on Thursday was way off shore, floating on its back atop a kelp bed — presumably eating some tasty morsel, such as a crab or abalone, retrieved from the sea floor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2025
It was one of nine ships in the country's small naval fleet, and had been surveying an area of sea floor that had not been mapped in decades when it ran aground.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2025
The drench seemed to come off the sea floor itself, where blind white fish ferried themselves by their own light through the great polar cold.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
