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    SEA FLOOR

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    The bottom of a sea or oceanplay

    Synonyms:

    Davy Jones; Davy Jones's locker; ocean bottom; ocean floor; sea bottom; sea floor; seabed

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

    Hypernyms ("sea floor" is a kind of...):

    bed; bottom (a depression forming the ground under a body of water)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sea floor"):

    abyssal zone (the deep sea (2000 meters or more) where there is no light)

    continental shelf (the relatively shallow (up to 200 meters) seabed surrounding a continent)

    bathyal district; bathyal zone; continental slope (the steep descent of the seabed from the continental shelf to the abyssal zone)

    neritic zone (the ocean waters from the low tide mark to a depth of about 100 fathoms)

    twilight zone (the lowest level of the ocean to which light can reach)

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