variants
or less commonly sea floor
plural seafloors also sea floors
: the floor of a sea or ocean : seabed
The Earth's crust, in this view, is divided into several immense plates that make up the continents and seafloors, and that all float on a hot, plastic, subterranean "mantle."—
Walter Sullivan
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Technologies to mine the deep sea include harvesters that crawl along the ocean floor and collect polymetallic nodules; vertical risers, which are long pipes that transport the nodules from the seafloor to mining vessels and surface support vessels; and ships that process and store the nodules.
—Jennifer Kite-Powell, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
The marks found in the Alkali Flats were likely close to a previous shoreline, researchers said, or even out on the seafloor.
—Irene Wright, Sacramento Bee, 27 Feb. 2025
By moving from the seafloor to the open waters of the deep sea, anglerfish opened new opportunities for adaptation and evolutionary innovation.
—Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 21 Jan. 2025
The animals are not aliens, but giant pile worms, large marine worms that are typically found on the seafloor, but will swarm at the water’s surface to mate, Benjamin Neal, biologist and assistant teaching professor at the University of Victoria, told Saanich News.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 12 Feb. 2025
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Jennifer Kite-Powell, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
The marks found in the Alkali Flats were likely close to a previous shoreline, researchers said, or even out on the seafloor.
—Irene Wright, Sacramento Bee, 27 Feb. 2025
By moving from the seafloor to the open waters of the deep sea, anglerfish opened new opportunities for adaptation and evolutionary innovation.
—Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 21 Jan. 2025
The animals are not aliens, but giant pile worms, large marine worms that are typically found on the seafloor, but will swarm at the water’s surface to mate, Benjamin Neal, biologist and assistant teaching professor at the University of Victoria, told Saanich News.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 12 Feb. 2025
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“Seafloor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seafloor. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.
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