bottom
bot
ˈbɔt
bawt
tom
tɑm
taam
/ˈbɒtəm/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "bottom"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āϤāϞ, āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡āϰ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ

the lowest part or point of something
bottom definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The bottom of the mountain offered a breathtaking view of the valley.
āĻĒāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āϰ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡āϰ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ āωāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŽāύ⧋āϰāĻŽ āĻĻ⧃āĻļā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
1.1

āϤāϞāĻĻ⧇āĻļ, āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡āϰ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ

the part of something that is situated below or underneath other parts, typically not visible
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She noticed a small scratch on the bottom of her phone case after dropping it.
āϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĢā§‹āύ⧇āϰ āϕ⧇āϏ⧇āϰ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϛ⧋āϟ āĻ–ā§‹āρāϚāĻž āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāϞ āϝāĻ–āύ āϏ⧇ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
1.2

āϤāϞāĻĻ⧇āĻļ, āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡āϰ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ

the part of a hollow object that is furthest from the top
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She found her keys at the bottom of her bag, buried under a pile of papers.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āϚāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϗ⧇āϰ āϤāϞāĻĻ⧇āĻļ⧇ āϖ⧁āρāĻœā§‡ āĻĒ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āĻ•āĻžāĻ—āĻœā§‡āϰ āĻ¸ā§āϤ⧂āĻĒ⧇āϰ āύ⧀āĻšā§‡ āϚāĻžāĻĒāĻž āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āĨ¤
02

āĻĒāĻžāĻ›āĻž, āύāĻŋāϤāĻŽā§āĻŦ

the part of the body on which a person sits
bottom definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The child giggled as he fell and landed right on his bottom.
āĻļāĻŋāĻļ⧁āϟāĻŋ āĻšā§‡āϏ⧇ āωāĻ āϞ āϝāĻ–āύ āϏ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇ āĻŦāϏ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāϞāĨ¤
03

āϤāϞāĻĻ⧇āĻļ, āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡āϰ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ

the part of something that is located at the lowest or farthest point
Dialectbritish flagBritish
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
At the bottom of the garden, there's a lovely bench shaded by the trees.
āĻŦāĻžāĻ—āĻžāύ⧇āϰ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡, āĻ—āĻžāϛ⧇āϰ āĻ›āĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏ⧁āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāϰ āĻŦ⧇āĻžā§āϚ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤
04

āϤāϞ, āύāĻŋāϚ

the surface located beneath a body of water, such as an ocean, river, or lake
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She found a beautiful shell while walking along the sandy river bottom.
āύāĻĻā§€āϰ āĻŦāĻžāϞ⧁āĻ•āĻžāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϤāϞāĻĻ⧇āĻļ āϧāϰ⧇ āĻšāĻžāρāϟāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϏ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏ⧁āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāϰ āĻļāĻžāĻŽā§āĻ• āĻĒ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
05

āύāĻĻā§€āϰ āϤāϞāĻĻ⧇āĻļ, āύāĻĻā§€āϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻļ⧇āϰ āύāĻŋāϚ⧁ āϜāĻŽāĻŋ

the flat, low-lying area next to a river or stream, typically characterized by rich soil and vegetation
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The deer were grazing peacefully in the grassy bottoms along the riverbank.
āĻšāϰāĻŋāĻŖāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āύāĻĻā§€āϰ āϤ⧀āϰ āϧāϰ⧇ āϘāĻžāϏāϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϚ⧁ āϜāĻŽāĻŋāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϚāϰāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
06

āύāĻŋāϚ, āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦāύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύ āĻ¸ā§āϤāϰ

the lowest rank in a hierarchy, field, or competition
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The manager praised her team member for showing initiative despite starting at the bottom.
āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāύ⧇āϜāĻžāϰ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĻāϞ⧇āϰ āϏāĻĻāĻ¸ā§āϝāϕ⧇ āύāĻŋāϚ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ“ āωāĻĻā§āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧋āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻ‚āϏāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
07

āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡āϰ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ, āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻŋāύāĻŋāϰ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡āϰ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ

any item of clothing designed to be worn on the lower part of the body
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The jogger bought a new pair of athletic bottoms for her morning runs.
āϜāĻ—āĻžāϰāϟāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧇āϰ āĻĻ⧌āĻĄāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĨāϞ⧇āϟāĻŋāĻ• āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡āϰ āĻĒā§‹āĻļāĻžāĻ• āĻāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻœā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻ•āĻŋāύ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
08

āχāύāĻŋāĻ‚āϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ⧀āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āϧ, āχāύāĻŋāĻ‚āϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡āϰ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ

the second half of an inning in baseball, during which the home team bats
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The excitement grew as the home team came to bat in the bottom of the ninth inning, trailing by one run.
āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧇āϜāύāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāϞ āϝāĻ–āύ āĻšā§‹āĻŽ āϟāĻŋāĻŽ āύāĻŦāĻŽ āχāύāĻŋāĻ‚āϏ⧇āϰ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϟ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻāϏ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻāĻ• āϰāĻžāύ⧇ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĨ¤
09

āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ, āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦāύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ

the lowest gear in a vehicle, typically used for maximum torque and power when starting or climbing steep inclines
Dialectbritish flagBritish
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He shifted into bottom when he noticed the road was getting steeper.
āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϟāĻŋ āφāϰāĻ“ āĻ–āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āωāĻ āϤ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻļāĻŋāĻĢāϟ āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
10

āϜāĻžāĻšāĻžāϜ, āύ⧌āĻ•āĻž

a ship, particularly when considered in terms of its capacity for transport
Old use
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
With the bottom filled to capacity, the crew set sail, anticipating a long voyage ahead.
āύ⧀āĻšā§‡ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ•ā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻž āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻ•ā§āϰ⧁ āϝāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻž āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϏāĻžāĻŽāύ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĻā§€āĻ°ā§āϘ āϝāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
11

āύ⧀āĻšā§‡, āϜāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻœā§‡āϰ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡āϰ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ

the structural part in a vessel that provides stability and buoyancy
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Inspecting the bottom is crucial for ensuring its seaworthiness before departure.
āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āφāϗ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĻā§āϰāϝāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻžāϰ āωāĻĒāϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāϤāĻž āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āύ⧀āĻšā§‡āϰ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻ…āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĨ¤
12

āύāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ āϏāĻ™ā§āĻ—ā§€, āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀

a receptive sexual partner, typically in a homosexual encounter
Slang
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Everyone knew he 's the bottom in their relationship.
āϏāĻŦāĻžāχ āϜāĻžāύāϤ āϝ⧇ āϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāϏāĻŋāĻ­āĨ¤
01

āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡āϰ, āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύ

located at the lowest position or part of something
bottom definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The bottom step of the staircase was cracked and uneven, posing a safety hazard.
āϏāĻŋāρāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϰ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡āϰ āϧāĻžāĻĒāϟāĻŋ āĻĢāĻžāϟāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ…āϏāĻŽ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϝāĻž āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋāϰāĻžāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻž āĻā§āρāĻ•āĻŋ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02

āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡āϰ, āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύ

located in the place furthest away in a downhill direction
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After the hike, they rested in the bottom valley, enjoying the peaceful scenery.
āĻšāĻžāχāĻ•āĻŋāĻ‚āϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇, āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡āϰ āωāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻ•āĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āύ⧇āϝāĻŧ, āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŋāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻĻ⧃āĻļā§āϝ āωāĻĒāĻ­ā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
03

āϤāϞāĻĻ⧇āĻļā§€āϝāĻŧ, āϤāϞāĻŦāĻžāϏ⧀

(of aquatic animals) living at the bottom of rivers, lakes, oceans, and ponds
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The bottom fish, such as flounder and halibut, are often found in shallow coastal waters.
āϤāϞāĻĻ⧇āĻļ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻ›, āϝ⧇āĻŽāύ āĻĢā§āϞāĻžāωāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻžāϰ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻšā§āϝāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻŦ⧁āϟ, āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāχ āĻ…āĻ—āĻ­ā§€āϰ āωāĻĒāϕ⧂āϞ⧀āϝāĻŧ āϜāϞ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
04

āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡āϰ, āĻļ⧇āώ

having the lowest position on a scale, list, or hierarchy
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The project was deemed the bottom priority on the company's agenda this quarter.
āĻāχ āĻĒā§āϰāĻœā§‡āĻ•ā§āϟāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻāχ āϕ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟāĻžāϰ⧇ āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϰ āĻāĻœā§‡āĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦāύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύ āĻ…āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāϧāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
01

āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦ⧇āϏ āϏāϰāĻŦāϰāĻžāĻš āĻ•āϰāĻž

to provide something, such as a chair or container, with a base
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The craftsman skillfully bottomed the wooden box, ensuring it was sturdy enough for use.
āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŋāĻ—āϰ āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϠ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϏāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϤāϞāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇, āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϝ⧇ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϝāĻĨ⧇āĻˇā§āϟ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧀āĨ¤
02

āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž, āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to land or rest something on the lowest part of a surface
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He carefully bottomed the kayak in the shallow water, making sure it would n't tip over.
āϏ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻŦāϧāĻžāύ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ•āϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻ—āĻ­ā§€āϰ āϜāϞ⧇ āύāĻžāĻŽāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ, āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āύāĻŋāϞ āϝ⧇ āĻāϟāĻŋ āωāĻ˛ā§āĻŸā§‡ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻŦ⧇ āύāĻžāĨ¤
03

āφāĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to discover the basis or source of something, such as a rumor or mystery
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
It ’s important to bottom any rumors before spreading them further to avoid misinformation.
āϭ⧁āϞ āϤāĻĨā§āϝ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤ⧇ āϕ⧋āύ āϗ⧁āϜāĻŦ āĻ›āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āφāϗ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏ āϖ⧁āρāĻœā§‡ āĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĨ¤
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to establish a base upon which ideas, dreams, or plans can be built
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He believed in his friend 's vision and wanted to bottom her project with financial support.
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bottomless
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