wave base

noun

The lowest depth at which waves have an effect on the sediment of the sea bed.

First used 19th c.
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Meanings

nounwave base (plural wave bases)

plural wave bases

  1. geographyThe lowest depth at which waves have an effect on the sediment of the sea bed.First known use 19th c.

    Beneath the wave base, the floor of the seabed is flat, disturbed only by burrowers.

    2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherlands, Penguin, published 2023, page 253
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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wave base,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wave%20base.

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