seabed

American  

[see-bed] / ˈsiˌbɛd /

noun

1. seafloor.

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Etymology

Origin of seabed

First recorded in 1830–40; sea + bed

Example Sentences

Mr. Dooley deployed the Remus “to swim in tight rows across a defined area of the seabed” before loyally returning to its surface support vessel.

From The Wall Street Journal

In some cases, light reaching the seabed was almost completely eliminated.

From Science Daily

While traditional offshore wind turbines are built into the seabed with fixed foundations, floating turbines sit on large floating steel structures which are then tethered to the seabed.

From BBC

In this latest auction, traditional offshore wind projects - those fixed to the seabed - have been awarded an average fixed price of nearly £91 per megawatt-hour of electricity generated, in 2024 prices.

From BBC

The seabed of both the Baltic and the Arctic are busy with underwater infrastructure, such as energy pipelines and internet cables, critical for communications and billions of dollars worth of financial transactions daily.

From BBC