bottom
- noun
- /ˈbɑːtəm/
- Below the cloud forest is the montane rain forest, while valley bottoms contain a lowland forest.
- valley bottom
- river bottom
- stream bottoms
Examples
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We found wildflowers blooming in the lush bottom near the creek after the heavy rains.
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Mrs. O'Hara, we finished plowing the creek bottom today.
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The town also consistently ranked near the bottom for average teacher salary and per pupil expenditures.
Academic text (2015) -
The cattle milled in the shelter of the willow brush in the bottom, not wanting to move.
Fiction book (1998) -
Logs run aground on the stony bottoms of stream beds, bludgeoned by other logs, banged against boulders.
Academic text (2003) -
The farmers grew corn and wheat on the fertile bottom land along the river.
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During the rainy season, the river's bottom can flood, making the fields rich for planting.
Synonyms
Low land next to a river that can flood
Flat land next to a river that often floods when the river rises
Low land next to a river that often floods and has rich soil
A flat area of land near a river with rich soil left by floods
A flat area of land made by soil left by rivers
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
To reach the lowest point in your life before you begin to get better
- Informal
Use the least good options because nothing better is left
- Informal
A late action that deals with a problem only after it has happened
- Informal
To risk all your money because you are sure something will happen
Compounds
- Informal
The last part of the final inning in baseball when the home team bats, a final chance to win
- Offensive
A person who gains from other people's problems by taking advantage of them
An animal, often a fish, that lives on the bottom of rivers or lakes and eats dead plants and animals
- Specialized
A slow, cold process that makes alcohol in beer where yeast settles to the bottom, used to make lager beers
- Specialized
A yeast that sinks to the bottom of a beer tank and makes lager beer
A cheaper model in a product range that has lower quality and is chosen to save money
- NSFW
Influence from people in a community, sometimes using sexual appeal to sway decisions
- Specialized
A very small particle created in particle experiments that is much heavier than an electron
- Specialized
A disease caused by a fungus that makes the bottom leaves of plants rot first
- Specialized
A fungus that makes the lower parts of lettuce and other plants rot
- Specialized
A sheet of copper fixed to a ship's bottom to stop barnacles and sea life
- Literature
A nickname for the United States government office that deals with other countries
- Specialized
A glass container with a round body and a narrow neck used for heating or mixing chemicals
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bottom was used for low land by rivers because it is the 'lowest' place where water and soil collect, much like a river 'bed'. That's why a river 'bottom' means the flat, often rich land beside a stream.