sea floor
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2.8
- noun
- /siː flɔːr/
:
fondo marino
- Mapping the sea floor revealed underwater mountains and valleys.
- sediment on the sea floor
- surface of the sea floor
I mean, we have found evidence for life miles beneath the sea floor.
- I mean, we have found evidence for life miles beneath the sea floor.
- So those of us who live atop shale are living atop of old ancient sea floors.
- So I was in charge of six of our oceanographic ships that are all around the world doing collecting ocean data and mapping the sea floor.
Examples
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Now scientists have discovered huge craters on the sea floor that suggest giant blowouts of methane.
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The whole sea floor was visible in the clarity of water that day.
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So what we can see now is, first of all, that the sea floor has shape.
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It's some kind of sea floor station.
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Probably on impact with the sea floor.
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This whole area of the sea floor is stable,
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Dive to the sea floor, and you enter an incredible world.
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The platform is attached to the sea floor and sits in about 200 m of water.
Academic text (2008) -
Sea water seeps down through cracks in the sea floor.
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Hazards like this send geologists racing to explore the sea floor.
Synonyms
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1.0
The lowest part or surface of a thing, often under water
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2.9
The bottom of the sea or ocean with plains, ridges, and trenches
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2.4
The ground at the bottom of the sea where sand and rocks lie
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3.7
The lowest part of the sea where sand and mud rest
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2.5
The floor of the sea where sand, rocks, and animals live
How Deep
- Specialized
14
6.8
- Specialized
1
9.4
13
2.8
- Specialized
1
7.4
- Specialized
4
5.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the bottom surface of a sea or ocean' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'sea' (a large body of saltwater) with 'floor' (a bottom or surface), so the compound denotes the sea's bottom. This noun–noun composition follows a common, cross-linguistically familiar pattern and would be readily understood by a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Sea floor comes from a simple picture: imagine the sea has a solid floor under the water where sand, rocks and sea creatures rest. That's why 'sea floor' means the bottom surface of a sea or ocean.