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Definitions

kelp

[kelp] / kɛlp /
NOUN
algae
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG


Example Sentences

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As the story goes, Huber suffered from burns and spent 12 years creating a cream that could help heal his scars, using sea kelp he would harvest off the Pacific coast.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

His daughter shared the basic information she had—offering scant clues, like how her dad wouldn’t wash the kelp.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

"In Strangford Lough, we have seagrass beds that support overwintering Brent Geese, rocky reefs with kelp forests and a range of species from starfish, anemones and crabs to seals and dolphins," he said.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026

In a recent expedition to Antarctica, new cases were discovered in Antarctic cormorants, kelp gulls, Adelie and gentoo penguins, and Antarctic fur seals, Neira told AFP.

From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026

Normally she’d start spinning fantasies about an octopus’s garden and curtains of kelp and trout on the hassock but she’s giving me nothing.

From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson