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   bottom

   /ˈbɒtəm/

   noun

   • 1. the lowest point or part of something: "the bottom of the page" Similar footlowest partlowest pointbaseextremityfoundationbasissupportsubstructuresubstratumgroundworkunderpinningOpposite top
   • ▪ the ground under a sea, river, or lake: "the liner plunged to the bottom of the sea" Similar floorbedgrounddepthsOpposite surface
   • ▪ the lowest surface on the inside of a container: "place the fruit on the bottom of the dish"
   • ▪ the furthest part or point of something: British "the shed at the bottom of the garden" Similar the furthest partthe farthest pointthe far endthe extremityOpposite top
   • ▪ the lowest position in a competition or ranking: "he started at the bottom and now has his own business" Similar lowest levellowest positionleast important partleast successful partleast honourable partOpposite top
   • ▪ the lower half of a specified two-piece garment: "a pair of pyjama bottoms"
   • ▪ another term for bottomland
   • ▪ the keel or hull of a ship: "the double bottoms of the ship"
   • ▪ a ship, especially considered as a unit of transport capacity. archaic
   • 2. a person's buttocks: "he climbs the side of the gorge, scratching his bottom unselfconsciously" Similar rearrumprear endbacksideseatbuttockscheekshindquartershaunchesderrièreSitzfleischtechnical:natesinformal:behindsit-uponsternBTMtochusrusty dustybumbottypratjacksiebahookiebuttfannytushtushietailduffbunsbootycabooseheiniepatootiekeistertuchisbazoobippybattyrasshumorous:fundamentposteriorvulgar slang:arseclungeassarchaic:breech
   • 3. stamina or strength of character: archaic "whatever his faults, he possesses that old-fashioned quality—bottom"
   • 4. a man who takes the passive role in anal intercourse with another man. informal

   adjective

   • 1. in the lowest position: "the books on the bottom shelf"
   • ▪ (of a place) in the furthest position away in a downhill direction: "the bottom field"
   • ▪ in the lowest or last position in a competition or ranking: "I was put in the bottom class"
   • 2. denoting a flavour (variety) of unstable quark having an electric charge of -1/3. Bottom quarks have similar properties to down quarks and strange quarks, but are distinguished from them by having a larger mass.

   verb

   • 1. (of a situation) reach the lowest point before stabilizing or improving: "encouraging signs suggested the recession was bottoming out"
   • 2. (of a ship) reach or touch the ground under the sea: "nuclear submarines cannot bottom"
   • ▪ excavate (a hole or mine) to the level of a mineral-bearing stratum: Australian, New Zealand "scores of abandoned claims have never been properly bottomed, according to the old prospectors"
   • ▪ find gold or other minerals while mining: Australian, New Zealand "he's bottomed on opal there"
   • ▪ find the extent or real nature of: archaic "he had bottomed the whole inquiry"

   Word Origin Old Englishbotm, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch bodem ‘bottom, ground’ and German Boden ‘ground, earth’.

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   The bottom of something is its underside, or lowest point. You might practice swimming by diving to the bottom of a swimming pool to retrieve pennies.

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