bottom
- adjective
- /ˈbɑːtəm/
- I started with the first book on the bottom shelf and went through the lot, one by one.
- bottom half
- bottom rung
- bottom row
Yeah, and well, is it bottom left, bottom right?
- Yeah, and well, is it bottom left, bottom right?
- So he was at the bottom of the bottom rung.
- What am I looking at the bottom left, that guy, that character.
Examples
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We're on the bottom floor of the station.
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The band has showered and loaded equipment into the bottom compartment of the bus.
Fiction book (1992) -
Hey, check the bottom camera.
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It's in the bottom right-hand drawer.
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Now, LHA only meets the rents of properties in the bottom 30% of the local housing market, down from 50%.
Academic text (2011) -
Students placed in developmental education, particularly at the bottom level, have low odds of eventually moving on to credit coursework.
Academic text (2011) -
The first choice is often at the bottom of the list.
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She placed the box at the bottom of the pile so it wouldn’t topple over.
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Please clean the bottom shelf of the cabinet before organizing the dishes.
Synonyms
At the bottom in rank or importance in a group
Lowest in a pile or on a shelf
At the very bottom of something
In the lowest position under all other parts
At the lowest part of something
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
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Surface Forms
Etymology
As an adjective, bottom simply means 'lowest' and comes from the same old root botm meaning 'low place'. So when something is at the bottom, it is in the lowest position or level.