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UK
/bˈɒtəm/
]
[ US /ˈbɑtəm/ ]
[ US /ˈbɑtəm/ ]
NOUN
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a cargo ship
they did much of their overseas trade in foreign bottoms -
the lowest part of anything
they started at the bottom of the hill - the second half of an inning; while the home team is at bat
- the lower side of anything
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a depression forming the ground under a body of water
he searched for treasure on the ocean bed -
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
he deserves a good kick in the butt
are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing? - low-lying alluvial land near a river
VERB
- strike the ground, as with a ship's bottom
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provide with a bottom or a seat
bottom the chairs - come to understand
ADJECTIVE
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situated at the bottom or lowest position
the bottom drawer -
the lowest rank
bottom member of the class
How To Use bottom In A Sentence
- He pulled himself up and stumbled to the bathroom, where he turned on the cold tap and collapsed at the bottom of the shower, barely awake.
- A table at the bottom compared the calorie content of 100 ml of beer with the same amount of gin, rum, whisky, cognac and wine.
- Annoyingly, the Critical Care was at the bottom of this mug, requiring a little bit of inginuity from Irwin here - namely ramming his paw in and jiggling about a bit. The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
- For example, I see in yonder cupboard near which you are standing, several of what you call boxes (but like everything else in Flatland, they have no tops nor bottoms) full of money; I see also two tablets of accounts. Flatland: a romance of many dimensions (Illustrated)
- If you manage your overhead costs properly, you will impact directly on your bottom line cost base.
- The trails should provide a skiing flow so there aren't too many long uphills or sharp turns at the bottom of steep downhills.
- But the bears priced at the bottom level will not be vintage, and certainly will not be by any of these makers.
- At the bottom of the trunk she found a set of white undergarments including lacy petticoats and a full corseted bodice.
- When he looks at you like that, you feel like you're standing at the verge of a bottomless abyss, a void so deep that it has its own mystical gravitation.
- Harte fired the ball into the bottom corner before heading for the corner flag to celebrate.
