seabed

American  

[see-bed] / ˈsiˌbɛd /

noun

1. seafloor.

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Etymology

Origin of seabed

First recorded in 1830–40; sea + bed

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Example Sentences

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seabed

Then, there was the issue of building the project on Alaska’s North Slope, dredging an enormous amount of seabed and securing icebreaker tankers to chart paths in the Arctic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

Those wartime losses helped leave the North Sea seabed scattered with wrecks, many of which remain there today.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026

The sunken helicopter had been "damaged beyond repair" and was recovered from the seabed in two major sections on 12 and 23 September 2024.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

The redevelopment of Camp Schwab includes new buildings and lengthening the runway, an engineering challenge that requires plunging thousands of pylons and tons of landfill into the soft seabed at Oura Bay.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

Using the most sophisticated underwater metal detectors ever developed, the team uncovered solid indications of the presence of at least seven statues, buried deep under the seabed.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler

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