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hardbottom

hardbottom noun: a hard seafloor, typically a layer of sand covering rock.

Noun

hardbottom (countable and uncountable, plural hardbottoms)

  1. A hard seafloor, typically a layer of sand covering rock.
    • Measures of seafloor topographic complexity were used as a proxy for the availability of hardbottom, since a comprehensive map of hard and soft seafloor sediments was also not readily available.2015 July 9, “Identifying Suitable Locations for Mesophotic Hard Corals Offshore of Maui, Hawai‘i”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of hardbottom

pluralhardbottoms

Origin of hardbottom

From hard + bottom.

Questions about hardbottom

What does hardbottom mean?
Hardbottom means a hard seafloor, typically a layer of sand covering rock.
What part of speech is hardbottom?
Hardbottom is a noun.
What is the plural of hardbottom?
The plural of hardbottom is hardbottoms.

Words near hardbottom in the dictionary

  1. hardboil
  2. hardboiled
  3. hardboot
  4. hardboots
  5. hardbop
  6. hardbottom
  7. hardbottoms
  8. hardbought
  9. hardbound
  10. hardcase
  11. hardcases

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