bottom (ˈbɒtəm
)
Definitions
noun
- the lowest, deepest, or farthest removed part of a thing ⇒
the bottom of a hill
- the least important or successful position ⇒
the bottom of a class
- the ground underneath a sea, lake, or river
- See touch bottom
- the inner depths of a person's true feelings (esp in the phrase from the bottom of one's heart)
- the underneath part of a thing
- nautical the parts of a vessel's hull that are under water
- (in literary or commercial contexts) a boat or ship
- billiards snooker a strike in the centre of the cue ball
- a dry valley or hollow
- (often plural) US Canadian the low land bordering a river
- the lowest level worked in a mine
- (esp of horses) staying power; stamina
- importance, seriousness, or influence ⇒
his views all have weight and bottom
- informal the buttocks
- See at bottom
- See be at the bottom of
- See get to the bottom of
- See knock the bottom out of
adjective (prenominal)
- lowest or last ⇒
the bottom price
- See bet one's bottom dollar on
- of, relating to, or situated at the bottom or a bottom ⇒
the bottom shelf
- fundamental; basic
verb
- (tr) to provide (a chair, etc) with a bottom or seat
- (tr) to discover the full facts or truth of; fathom
- on or upon to base or be founded (on an idea, etc)
- (intr) nautical to strike the ground beneath the water with a vessel's bottom
- Australian mining
- to mine (a hole, claim, etc) deep enough to reach any gold there is
- (intr) on to reach (gold, mud, etc) on bottoming
- electronics to saturate a transistor so that further increase of input produces no change in output
See also
bottom outWord Origin
Old English botm ; related to Old Norse botn , Old High German bodam , Latin fundus , Greek puthmēnSynonyms
View thesaurus entry= lowest level lowest position least successful part
=
buttocks,
behind,
rear,
butt,
bum,
ass,
buns,
arse,
backside,
rump,
seat,
tail,
rear end,
posterior,
derrière,
tush,
fundament,
jacksy,
=
basis,
base,
cause,
ground,
heart,
source,
principle,
root,
origin,
core,
substance,
essence,
provenance,
derivation,
mainspring,
Translations
- British English:
bottom
The bottom thing is the lowest one. ...the bottom drawer.ˈbɒtəm ADJECTIVE ...the bottom drawer.
- Spanish:
inferior
adj
- French:
inférieur
adj
- German:
unterer
adj
- Chinese: 底部的 adj
- Arabic: أَسْفَل adj
- Portuguese: inferior adj
- Russian: нижний adj нижняя
- Croatian: donji adj donja
- Czech: spodní adj
- Danish: nederst adj
- Dutch: onderste adj
- Finnish: pohjimmainen adj
- Greek: κατώτατος adj κατώτατη
- Italian: inferiore adj
- Japanese: 底の no_posp
- Korean: 바닥의 adj
- Norwegian: underste adj
- Polish: dolny adj dolna
- Brazilian Portuguese: inferior adj
- European Spanish:
inferior
adj
- Swedish: lägsta adj
- Thai: ต่ำสุด adj
- Turkish: en alt adj
- Vietnamese: thấp nhất adj
- British English:
bottom
The bottom of something is its lowest part.ˈbɒtəm NOUN
- Spanish:
fondo
nm
- French:
fond
nm
- German:
Unterseite
nf
- Chinese: 底部 n
- Arabic: قاع n
- Portuguese: fundo nm
- Russian: низ nm
- Croatian: dno nnt
- Czech: dno nm
- Danish: bund nutr
- Dutch: bodem nm
- Finnish: pohja n
- Greek: πυθμένας nm
- Italian: fondo nm
- Japanese: 底 n
- Korean: 바닥 n
- Norwegian: bunn nm
- Polish: dno nnt
- Brazilian Portuguese: fundo nm
- European Spanish:
fondo
nm
- Swedish: botten nutr
- Thai: ก้น n
- Turkish: dip n
- Vietnamese: đáy n
- British English:
bottom
Your bottom is the part of your body that you sit on.ˈbɒtəm NOUN
- French:
postérieur
nm
- Arabic: عَجُز n
- Brazilian Portuguese: traseiro nm
Usage examples
She caught sight of herself, only her head in the bottom corner of the mirror on the dressing table across the room.
, THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS (2002)Roll out two-thirds of the pastry and line a tin, taking care to press the pastry into the bottom edge of the tin.
Country Life (2004)In the end the striker slipped the ball low past the defensive wall and into the bottom right corner.
Irish Times (2002)A draw would favour Lazio, who lie one point behind Juventus in third place and face bottom club Bari at home.
Glasgow Herald (2001)The crew were painfully aware the boat was untried since having the bottom rebuilt and the keel replaced.
, FATAL STORM (2001)