noun ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The floor or bottom of the sea or ocean.

   "Near-synonym: Davy Jones's locker"

2. 2
   the bottom of a sea or ocean wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

davy jones's lockerocean floorbottom of the seadavy jonesocean bottomocean floor

Example

More examples

"The boat was brought up from the seabed by the Algerian authorities."

Etymology

From sea + bed.

Related phrases

seafloor spreading

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