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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The rock was originally silt on the seafloor that, it's argued, hosted early microbial life that was buried by more silt, leaving the carbon as their remains.
—Howard Lee, ArsTechnica, 11 Aug. 2025
The Coast Guard also released footage during the hearing that showed Titan debris, including the tail cone, aft dome, aft ring, hull remnants and carbon fiber debris, on the seafloor.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2025
On June 22, 2023, at approximately 9:40 a.m., the aft tail cone and other debris from the Titan were discovered on the seafloor after an extensive search.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025
When a member of the group died, another member or a friend would carve the person’s name into a rock and free-dive to place the stone on the seafloor.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 July 2025
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Howard Lee, ArsTechnica, 11 Aug. 2025
The Coast Guard also released footage during the hearing that showed Titan debris, including the tail cone, aft dome, aft ring, hull remnants and carbon fiber debris, on the seafloor.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2025
On June 22, 2023, at approximately 9:40 a.m., the aft tail cone and other debris from the Titan were discovered on the seafloor after an extensive search.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025
When a member of the group died, another member or a friend would carve the person’s name into a rock and free-dive to place the stone on the seafloor.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for seafloor
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“Seafloor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seafloor. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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