variants
or less commonly sea bed
plural seabeds also sea beds
: the floor of a sea or ocean : seafloor
This atoll is the summit of an undersea volcano that rises from the seabed 10,000 feet below the surface.—
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Norway voted last year to open part of its Arctic seabed to deep-sea mining but has since paused the project.
—Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 8 May 2025
These techniques have helped drive many fish populations to collapse and reduce once-vibrant seabeds to underwater wastelands.
—Tony Bradley, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025
The receding shoreline exposed contaminated seabed, causing dust storms and health hazards.
—Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 May 2025
The Yi Peng 3, a commercial ship filled with Russian goods, dragged an anchor over 100 miles across Northern Europe’s Baltic seabed, and the investigation reportedly focused on whether the ship’s crew was directed to drag the anchor to intentionally damage the cables.
—Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 12 Apr. 2025
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Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 8 May 2025
These techniques have helped drive many fish populations to collapse and reduce once-vibrant seabeds to underwater wastelands.
—Tony Bradley, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025
The receding shoreline exposed contaminated seabed, causing dust storms and health hazards.
—Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 May 2025
The Yi Peng 3, a commercial ship filled with Russian goods, dragged an anchor over 100 miles across Northern Europe’s Baltic seabed, and the investigation reportedly focused on whether the ship’s crew was directed to drag the anchor to intentionally damage the cables.
—Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 12 Apr. 2025
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“Seabed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seabed. Accessed 19 May. 2025.
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seabed
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sea·bed
ˈsē-ˌbed 
: the floor of a sea or ocean
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