the seabed

noun

: the ground that is at the bottom of the sea

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In return, the monarch hands over all profits from the Crown Estate — which includes vast swathes of central London property, the Ascot Racecourse and the seabed around England, Wales and Northern Ireland — to the government, in an arrangement dating back to 1760. Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 30 June 2025 Ventilation shafts will extend more than 200 meters above the tunnels, and a road junction will be built beneath the seabed near Kvitsøy. Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 June 2025 Their preference for shallow, sandy coastal areas puts them in direct conflict with human activities, like bottom-trawling, dredging, and other destructive fishing methods that disturb the seabed where angelsharks rest and hunt. Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025 The practice of deep-sea mining involves using machinery to remove minerals and metals — such as cobalt, nickel, copper and manganese — from the seabed. Sam Meredith, CNBC, 15 May 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 10 Jul. 2025.

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