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SEABED
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The bottom of a sea or ocean
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 ("seabed" 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 "seabed"):
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)
