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How to use kelp in a sentence

18 example sentences · noun, verb

Kelp means any of several large brown algae seaweeds (especially of order Laminariales). Example: “The kelp specimen uses its haptera to anchor itself to the rocks.”

Examples of kelp by meaning

nounAny of several large brown algae seaweeds (especially of order Laminariales).

  • Underneath the area demarcated by the buoys, Ms Puckett plants kelp—a type of seaweed—on long ropes that resemble washing lines.2021 June 26, “Why New England is going wild for wet weeds”, in The Economist, →ISSN

More sentences with kelp

  • The kelp specimen uses its haptera to anchor itself to the rocks.From the entry haptera
  • The melanosperms included the rockweeds and all kinds of kelp.From the entry melanosperm
  • The kelp has fouled the prop.From the entry foul
  • The prop fouled on the kelp.From the entry foul
  • Some sea kelp by-products are even a common ingredient in ice cream, salad dressings and chocolate milk.2023 August 21, Jennifer Savin, “Everything an expert wants you to know about sea kelp”, in Cosmopolitan. From the entry the more you know
  • The bull kelp forests off Northern California are sometimes spoken of as the redwoods of the sea.2022 April 30, David Helvarg, “Climate change threatens another California forest, this one underwater”, in The New York Times, New York…. From the entry undersea
  • Although there are many variations, its fundamental ingredients are kombu kelp, dried bonito flakes and water.2006, Yoshihiro Murata, Kaiseki: The Exquisite Cuisine of Kyoto’s Kikunoi Restaurant, Tokyo: Kodansha International, →ISBN, page 161. From the entry kombu
  • He quickly zipped back under the blade of kelp.2004, Louise Gikow, chapter 8, in Shark Tale: The Movie Novel, New York, N.Y.: Scholastic Inc., →ISBN. From the entry sharkie
  • Conditions here resemble Northern California, with heavy kelp beds outside.1966, Bruce Brown, director, The Endless Summer. From the entry kelp bed
  • I knew that there were kelp beds and reefs which could rip the bottoms from boats down in Skedans Bay.1941, Emily Carr, chapter 18, in Klee Wyck. From the entry bed
  • They help keep kelp forests alive!2024 July 11, Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium (@PtDefianceZoo), Twitter, archived from the original on 06 Jun 2025. From the entry pawsome
  • While you may not have heard of it, sea kelp has been eaten and used medicinally for hundreds of years in various forms.2023 August 21, Jennifer Savin, “Everything an expert wants you to know about sea kelp”, in Cosmopolitan. From the entry the more you know
  • Start with the umi-budo—an interesting variety of sea kelp shaped like bunches of grapes (the bubble-like appearance has also won it its “green caviar” nickname).2013, Fodor's Hong Kong: with a Side Trip to Macau. From the entry green caviar
  • It is only when these alternative foods are in short supply that the halfmoons may seriously damage the kelp, totally stripping plants of their blades.1991, Martha Holmes, Sea Trek, BBC Books, page 70. From the entry halfmoon
  • This shark is going where many thought no sharks would go: on a daytime swim through a kelp forest to chase seals she wants to eat.2019 April 5, JoAnna Klein, “Watch a Great White Shark Hunt Through a Kelp Forest for Its Next Meal”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry kelp forest
  • The sand was a beautiful gold colour and completely unlittered by kelp or shells, suggesting to me that the waters around Kauai cannot be very productive.2013, Glen Chilton, The Last Place You'd Look for a Wallaby. From the entry unlittered
  • For the long-stalked kelps that sway in dusky forests just below the level of the spring tides, survival in the surf zone is largely a matter of chemistry.1955, Rachel Carson, chapter 2, in The Edge of the Sea, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, page 17. From the entry alginic acid

Meaning of kelp

  1. noun Any of several large brown algae seaweeds (especially of order Laminariales).
  2. noun The calcined ashes of seaweed, formerly used in glass and iodine manufacture.
  3. verb To gather kelp.

Full definition of kelp

Questions about kelp in a sentence

How do you use kelp in a sentence?
Kelp is used as a noun and verb. For example: “The kelp specimen uses its haptera to anchor itself to the rocks.”
What is a short sentence with kelp?
“The kelp has fouled the prop.”
What does kelp mean?
Kelp means any of several large brown algae seaweeds (especially of order Laminariales).

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