Bottom - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈbɑːtəm|  American pronunciation of the word bottom
Brit.  |ˈbɒtəm|  British pronunciation of the word bottom

noun

- the lower side of anything (syn: underside)
- the lowest part of anything
they started at the bottom of the hill
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on (syn: arse, ass, backside, behind, bum, butt, buttocks, can, fanny, fundament, hindquarters, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rump, seat, stern, tail, tush)
- the second half of an inning; while the home team is at bat
- a depression forming the ground under a body of water (syn: bed)
- low-lying alluvial land near a river (syn: bottomland)
- a cargo ship (syn: freighter, merchantman)
they did much of their overseas trade in foreign bottoms

verb

- provide with a bottom or a seat
bottom the chairs
- strike the ground, as with a ship's bottom
- come to understand (syn: fathom, penetrate)

adjective

- the lowest rank
bottom member of the class

Extra examples

We sailed to the bottom of the bay.

The poor baby has a rash all over his little bottom.

The company's new CEO started at the bottom and worked her way up.

Why do I always find myself rooting for the team at the bottom of the league?

Somebody's fingerprints are all along the bottom edge of the photograph.

Boil your artichoke bottoms in hard water.

Send this saucepan to be new bottomed.

He bottomed with his feet and stood upright.

The provost in return bottomed the goblet.

He had bottomed the whole inquiry.

Can you hold the bottom of the ladder for me?

Grandma was standing at the bottom of the stairs.

Go downstairs and wait for me at the bottom.

There should be a menu bar at the bottom of your screen.

What's that on the bottom of your shoe?

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: bottom
he/she/it: bottoms
present participle: bottoming
past tense: bottomed
past participle: bottomed
noun
singular: bottom
plural: bottoms
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