oyster bed

noun

: a place where oysters grow or are cultivated

Examples of oyster bed in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web His family’s oyster beds in Sneads Ferry, North Carolina, had been wiped out by a red tide that hit the coast in 1987. Patrick Huyghe, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019 The softer premodern methods of soaking up floods, like oyster beds and wetlands, would never be able to absorb a major surge in the compact space left available in today’s New York. Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 30 Oct. 2023 Île de Ré Located off the west coast, south of Normandy, this 32-square-mile island is known for its salt marshes, oyster beds, and bike paths. Sara Lieberman, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2023 Tropical storms can wreck oyster beds in shallow waters. Lawrence Specker | Lspecker@al.com, al, 24 Aug. 2023 Plus, every purchase helps fund oyster bed restoration to improve water quality and keep estuaries vibrant and healthy. Max Inchausti, Field & Stream, 25 May 2023 But perhaps the most important reason for making reef preservation a priority is the oyster bed’s role in providing storm protection. Sara Novak, Scientific American, 6 Apr. 2023 Years of Decline The Jenkins family ran a seafood business on the Chesapeake Bay in Virginia until disease ravaged the oyster beds there. Anita Lee, ProPublica, 22 Mar. 2023 The hands-on outing combines sightseeing, hauling in lobster traps, surfcast fishing from the shore, and digging for Retsyo oysters in an oyster bed farm just 900 feet from the hotel. Jennifer Billock, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Feb. 2022

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Word History

First Known Use

1591, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of oyster bed was in 1591

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“Oyster bed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oyster%20bed. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

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oyster bed

noun
: a place where oysters grow or are cultivated
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