the seabed

noun

: the ground that is at the bottom of the sea

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The boat was embedded in the seabed, approximately 30 inches beneath the ocean floor. Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 13 July 2025 And then there are the seabed pipelines carrying oil or gas that keep whole continents running. David Szondy june 10, New Atlas, 10 June 2025 The massive undersea volcano reaches more than 3,600 feet above the seabed is located 300 miles offshore. Elizabeth Weise, USA Today, 17 May 2025 Today, the city’s main protection against high tides is the MOSE set of flood barriers that rises from the seabed to cut off the lagoon from the Adriatic during exceptionally high tides. Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 4 May 2025 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 21 Jul. 2025.

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