1. The bottom or floor of a lake; the ground surface beneath a body of lake water.
Usage: Usually plural; can refer to the exposed ground after a lake has dried up or been drained.

Examples

• The drought exposed the lakebeds, revealing fossils from thousands of years ago.
• Geologists studied the lakebeds to understand the region's geological history.
• After the dam was removed, the lakebeds gradually became visible.
• The dried lakebeds were cracked and barren.
• Archaeologists discovered ancient artifacts in the exposed lakebeds.