the seabed

noun

: the ground that is at the bottom of the sea

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With a series of new spots on the seabed to investigate, some in French waters, the team headed 40 miles west of the traditional battle zone. Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Feb. 2025 The giant prop was discovered 47 years later, during a sonar survey, lying on the seabed. Rhett Bartlett, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Feb. 2025 An investigation is ongoing, and Finnish police on Tuesday said officials had recovered an anchor from the seabed. Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025 This followed months of suspicious movements of Russian vessels in European waters and the significant beefing up of a dedicated Russian secretive marine unit tasked with surveying the seabed. Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 20 Nov. 2024 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 4 Mar. 2025.

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