Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. The floor of the sea or the ocean.
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- n. The floor or bottom of the sea or ocean
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. the bottom of a sea or ocean
Etymologies
Examples
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It’s a thriller-disaster novel and the destabilization of the methane in the arctic seabed is a major plot point.
Matthew Yglesias » Arctic Seabed Methane Stores Destabilizing
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The so-called seabed mining provisions were simply one manifestation of the problems Ronald Reagan had with LOST.
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Being too hot on the seabed was a novel experience; so also was the mirage-like vision caused by the ascending water, which made my searchlights dance and tremble over the rock face I was exploring.
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Sitting off to the side of the activity on the seabed is the "top hat," a 5-foot-tall containment dome that will only be used if the insertion tube fails, Suttles said.
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What lies beneath the seabed is a little more complicated.
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Down near the seabed is the blowout preventer, or BOP.
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Relief wells being drilled miles beneath the seabed will be the only means of permanently sealing and isolating the damaged well.
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The entity has provided the amount of $10 million for the financial costs of the restoration of the seabed, which is the present value of such costs.
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But tethering the snakes to the seabed is a major challenge.
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Countries on the Arctic rim are jockeying for claims to the Arctic's seabed, which is also believed to be rich in hydrocarbons and minerals, and to sea-lane rights that have opened up as result of ice loss.
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