bottom
- noun
- /ˈbɑːtəm/
- Jargon
- Now, going into the bottom of the last inning, the Hornets were one run behind.
Examples
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Two men out, bottom of the seventh.
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But at any rate, we're at the bottom of the last inning.
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It's a tie score at the bottom of the second half.
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That brings us to the bottom of the ninth.
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It's bottom of the ninth!
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We go to the bottom of the last inning, and it's all tied up.
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It's the bottom of the eighth inning, and so far it's been a very tough game.
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Starting off the bottom of the inning, Barry Matthews.
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The score was eight to zero with two outs at the bottom of the Red Sox batting order.
Fiction book (1997) -
It's the bottom of the ninth inning, and the home team needs three runs to win.
Synonyms
The second half of an inning when the home team bats
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
In baseball, the bottom of an inning is the second or 'lower' half of that inning, because it is the lower part of the two parts. So the word keeps its meaning of 'lower part' in sports.