hardbottom

English

Etymology

hard +‎ bottom

Noun

hardbottom (countable and uncountable, plural hardbottoms)

  1. A hard seafloor, typically a layer of sand covering rock.
    • 2015 July 9, “Identifying Suitable Locations for Mesophotic Hard Corals Offshore of Maui, Hawai‘i”, in PLOS ONE‎, →DOI:
      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.
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