the seabed

noun

: the ground that is at the bottom of the sea

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The railing can be seen lying on the seabed beneath the ship's port anchor in the latest photos of the wreck site, taken by an RMS Titanic Inc. expedition in July 2024. George Petras, USA Today, 11 Apr. 2025 Nearly two decades before U.S. President Donald Trump eyed the strategic value of Greenland for the U.S., Russian explorers planted their country's flag on the seabed 14,000 feet below the North Pole. Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Apr. 2025 There is therefore a good chance the fuel will mix into the seawater below, breaking up the surface slick, potentially exposing the seabed to contaminants. Lauren Lowman, WIRED, 15 Mar. 2025 Antarctica is the toughest of all the continents to map because almost its entire land surface and even much of the seabed around it is sealed under a perpetual cap of ice that contains 70% of the entire world's supply of fresh water. David Szondy, New Atlas, 13 Mar. 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 29 Apr. 2025.

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