SEAFLOOR

Meaning of SEAFLOOR in English

ˌsea ˈfloor BrE AmE British English , sea‧floor American English /ˈsiːflɔː $ -flɔːr/ noun

the sea floor the land at the bottom of the sea SYN seabed

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012

SEAFLOOR — noun Date: 1855 seabed
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SEAFLOOR — ˈ ̷ ̷ ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : seabed
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SEAFLOOR — /see"flawr', -flohr'/ , n. the solid surface underlying a sea or an ocean. Also called seabed . [ 1850-55; SEA …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SEAFLOOR — n. seabed, floor of a sea or ocean
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SEAFLOOR — noun Date: 1855 : seabed
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SEAFLOOR — [sea.floor] n (1855): seabed
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SEAFLOOR — The seafloor is the ground under the sea. = seabed N-SING
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SEAFLOOR — The ~ is the ground under the sea. = seabed N-SING
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SEAFLOOR — n. Pronunciation: ' s ē - ˌ flo ̇ r Function: noun Date: 1855 : SEABED
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
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