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seabed

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The floor or bottom of the sea or ocean.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Near-synonym: Davy Jones's locker

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: seabottom, bottom of the sea, seafloor, oceanbed, ocean floor, Davy Jones's locker

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: bed, bottom, site, place, location

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noun

Meaning 2

the bottom of a sea or ocean

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ocean floor, sea floor, ocean bottom, sea bottom, Davy Jones's locker, Davy Jones

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: bed, bottom

Narrower terms: abyssal zone, continental shelf, continental slope, bathyal zone, bathyal district, neritic zone, twilight zone

History

Etymology

From sea + bed.

Across languages

Translations

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: llit marí — floor or bottom of the sea or ocean
  • Chinese Mandarin: 海底 (hǎidǐ) — floor or bottom of the sea or ocean
  • Chinese Mandarin: 海床 (hǎichuáng) — floor or bottom of the sea or ocean
  • Czech: mořské dno — floor or bottom of the sea or ocean
  • Danish: havbund — floor or bottom of the sea or ocean
  • Dutch: zeebodem — floor or bottom of the sea or ocean
  • Finnish: merenpohja — floor or bottom of the sea or ocean
  • French: fond marin — floor or bottom of the sea or ocean
  • German: Meeresboden — floor or bottom of the sea or ocean
  • Greek: βυθός (vythós) — floor or bottom of the sea or ocean
  • Hebrew: קַרְקַע הַיָּם (karka hayam) — floor or bottom of the sea or ocean
  • Hebrew: קַרְקַעִית הַיָּם (karkayit hayam) — floor or bottom of the sea or ocean
  • Hungarian: tengerfenék — floor or bottom of the sea or ocean
  • Icelandic: hafsbotn — floor or bottom of the sea or ocean
  • Italian: fondale marino — floor or bottom of the sea or ocean
  • Japanese: 海底 (kaitei) — floor or bottom of the sea or ocean
  • Kazakh: мұхит түбі (mūxit tübı) — floor or bottom of the sea or ocean
  • Māori: papamoana — floor or bottom of the sea or ocean
  • Norwegian Bokmål: havbunn — floor or bottom of the sea or ocean
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sjøbunn — floor or bottom of the sea or ocean
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: havbotn — floor or bottom of the sea or ocean
  • Old English: sǣgrund — floor or bottom of the sea or ocean
  • Polish: dno oceaniczne — floor or bottom of the sea or ocean
  • Portuguese: fundo do mar — floor or bottom of the sea or ocean
  • Portuguese: solo oceânico — floor or bottom of the sea or ocean
  • Russian: морское дно (morskoje dno) — floor or bottom of the sea or ocean
  • Scottish Gaelic: aigeal — floor or bottom of the sea or ocean
  • Scottish Gaelic: grunnd na mara — floor or bottom of the sea or ocean
  • Spanish: fondo del mar — floor or bottom of the sea or ocean
  • Spanish: lecho marino — floor or bottom of the sea or ocean
  • Spanish: fondo marino — floor or bottom of the sea or ocean
  • Swahili: sakafu ya bahari — floor or bottom of the sea or ocean
  • Swedish: havsbotten — floor or bottom of the sea or ocean
  • Telugu: సముద్రగర్భము (samudragarbhamu) — floor or bottom of the sea or ocean
  • Vietnamese: đáy biển — floor or bottom of the sea or ocean
  • Yiddish: ים־גרונט (yam-grunt) — floor or bottom of the sea or ocean
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