SEAMOUNT

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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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