the seabed

noun

: the ground that is at the bottom of the sea

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About how, close to the coast, it would be buried below the seabed at a depth of two meters. Samanth Subramanian, The Dial, 14 Oct. 2025 Methane has been measured escaping from crevices in the seabed at a high rate as the region warms at unprecedented rates, according to a paper published in Nature Communications. Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2025 An unmanned service vessel would be able to use ultrasonic waves to generate a rough map of the seabed, with a dedicated search robot then tasked with more detailed scans of the depths. New Atlas, 23 Sep. 2025 The impact crater idea faced serious rejection The Silverpit structure was first spotted in 2002 by petroleum geoscientists mapping the seabed, about 80 miles (128 km) off the coast of East Yorkshire. Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 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 Oct. 2025.

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