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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

It was the biofermentation process, not the kelp itself, that released the key ingredient.

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

I then filled in all these holes with pebbles and along this path laid down long strips of kelp, making a slippery bed.

From "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell