Definitions for bottom

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bottom bot·tom

Spelling: [bot-uh m]

IPA: /ˈbɒt əm/

Bottom is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 53 anagrams from letters in bottom (bmoott).

Definitions for bottom

noun

1. the lowest or deepest part of anything, as distinguished from the top: Synonyms: base, foot, pedestal.
2. the under or lower side; underside:
3. the ground under any body of water:
4. Usually, bottoms. Also called bottom land. Physical Geography. low alluvial land next to a river.
5. Nautical. the part of a hull between the bilges, including the keel. the part of a hull that is immersed at all times. the cargo space in a vessel. a cargo vessel.
6. the seat of a chair.
7. Informal. the buttocks; rump.
8. the fundamental part; basic aspect. Synonyms: foundation, groundwork, underlying principle.
9. bottoms, (used with a plural verb) the bottom part of a two-piece article of clothing, as a bathing suit or the trousers of a pair of pajamas.
10. the working part of a plow, comprising the plowshare, landside, and moldboard.
11. the cause; origin; basis: Synonyms: base, root, heart; ground, cause, beginning, wellspring.
12. Baseball. the second half of an inning. the last three players in the batting order.
13. lowest limit, especially of dignity, status, or rank:
14. Slang. the submissive partner in a sexual relationship or encounter, especially the person who is penetrated in anal intercourse (opposed to top).
15. Usually, bottoms. Chemistry. the heaviest, least volatile fraction of petroleum, left behind in distillation after more volatile fractions are driven off.

Idioms

1. at bottom, in reality; fundamentally: Also, at the bottom.
2. bet one's bottom dollar, to wager the last of one's money or resources. to be positive or assured:
3. bottoms up, (used as an interjection to announce or urge the downing of one's drink).
4. hit bottom, to fall into the worst of all possible circumstances:

adjective

1. of or relating to the bottom or a bottom.
2. located on or at the bottom:
3. lowest:
4. living near or on the bottom:
5. fundamental:

Verb phrases

1. bottom out, to reach the lowest state or level:

verb (used with object)

1. to furnish with a bottom.
2. to base or found (usually followed by on or upon).
3. to discover the full meaning of (something); fathom.
4. to bring (a submarine) to rest on the ocean floor:

verb (used without object)

1. to be based; rest.
2. to strike against the bottom or end; reach the bottom.
3. (of an automotive vehicle) to sink vertically, as when bouncing after passing over a bump, so that the suspension reaches the lower limit of its motion:

Origin of bottom

before 1000; Middle English botme, Old English botm; akin to Old Norse botn, Dutch bodem, German Boden, Latin fundus, Greek pythmḗn, Sanskrit budhná

Examples for bottom

The bucket is perforated at the bottom, and being elevated, the oil drains off.

bottom line is that it will only be a BVR [beyond visual range] airplane.

Despite its ranking at the bottom of most international development indexes, the conflict is shrouded by confusion.

On Monday, Soelistyo had jolted relatives as well as searchers by suggesting that the plane could be “at the bottom of the sea.”

And thus I end up at the bottom of the stairs, about one month after my injury and two months after my wedding.

Presently Percival found himself again at the bottom of the shaft.

He thought I was at the bottom of the sea, and the receipt with me.

At the same time, the heaviest parts—the main fuselage, the engines and wings—sink to the bottom.

It seemed like one risen from the dead, for he supposed him lying at the bottom of the sea.

Had the dead come back from the bottom of the sea to expose him?