bottom
- noun
- /ˈbɑːtəm/
- Archaic
- Bottom of the ship all the way aft.
Examples
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There was a boatman to take care of the boats, to put them in the water in the spring and scrape their bottoms in the winter.
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Making sure that the boat's bottom is working, secured, and properly painted is one investment that you can make.
Blog text (32) -
We're at the bottom of the ship.
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It's taking us to the bottom of the ship!
Fiction book (1998) -
You get to watch them through this viewing gallery in the bottom of the ship.
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In the bottom of a ferry that stank of oil, she covered herself with a coarse blanket.
Fiction book (1991) -
Keaton is weaving through tight, low-ceiling corridors, looking in every cabin, working his way toward the bottom of the boat.
Fiction book (1996) -
The cargo ship was neatly anchored at the bottom to load supplies for the long journey ahead.
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At the bottom of the ship, the crew prepared for the unloading of goods once they reached the dock.
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The repairs to the bottom of the ship were essential after it had endured heavy seas during the storm.
Synonyms
A large boat that carries people or goods across the sea
A large boat or ship used for travel on water
A large ship that carries goods between ports for sale
A large ship that carries goods between ports
A ship that carries goods to sell
A ship that carries goods, often in containers
A ship that carries goods for trade, often between countries
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
A helpful way to remember the old use of bottom for a ship is to think of the ship's lower part or base; in old speech people sometimes called whole vessels 'bottoms' because of that. So the word was used for ships in past times.