seabed
seabed
Definition
sea·bed (sē′bed′)
noun
the ocean floor, esp. the areas with rich mineral or oil deposits
seabed
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- dredge: Dredging the seabed: The most contaminated areas of the seabed would be dredged and the particles separated for storage and disposal.
- litter: Virtual visitors will be able to see hundreds of artifacts from the wreck littering the seabed.
- surround: Depth ranges from 29m on the surrounding seabed to an average of 25m on the top of the reef.
- reach: At 25m barely any light was reaching the seabed.
- map: Since the 1940s, rapid advances have been made in the use of sound to map the seabed.
- survey: Surveying the seabed Sound is used to survey the seabed.
Preposition: at
- depth: Lying upright on the seabed at a depth of some 20 m with the bow facing NNE.
Adjective modifier
- sandy: These funny looking fish actually dig deep burrows in the sandy seabed.
- rocky: The suckers on the end of the tube feet mean that urchins can attach very securely to the rocky seabed.
- muddy: The prawns are further offshore in areas with a muddy seabed.
- flat: They settle on other worm tubes, building large mounds that eventually transform a flat sandy gravelly seabed into an extensive reef.
- shallow: Seacore has over 25 years experience of seabed sampling from shallow seabed sampling to depths in excess of 1,000m below seabed for coal exploration.
Modifies a noun
- transponder: The accuracy of the LBL in deepwater is a result of the geometry of the seabed transponder array.
- sediment: Ideally, they should be combined with some seabed sediment sampling.
- roughness: They are the outcome of factors such as water depth and seabed roughness affecting frictional forces.
- topography: To gain more insight into this critical issue changes in seabed topography occurring over the full active profile " envelope " are required.
- mapping: With experienced staff covering all aspects of seabed mapping we can offer the best services available in the market.
- habitat: Y Y 1.3 First seabed habitat map for northwest Europe Compile the maps from Action 1.1 into GIS applications for each country.
Noun used with modifier
- gravel: There is no space under the bridge, which lies totally to the gravel seabed level.
Preposition: in
- area: The answer lies in the many wrecks on the seabed in an area that is closer to home for many divers than Scapa Flow.
Browse dictionary entries near seabed
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