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SEAMOUNT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does seamount mean?
• SEAMOUNT (noun)
The noun SEAMOUNT has 1 sense:
1. an underwater mountain rising above the ocean floor
Familiarity information: SEAMOUNT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An underwater mountain rising above the ocean floor
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("seamount" is a kind of...):
mount; mountain (a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "seamount"):
guyot (a seamount of volcanic origin (especially in the Pacific Ocean))
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