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bottomed

bottomed

1 4.2
Having a bottom of a certain shape, like flat or round
  • adjective
  • /ˈbɑːtəm/
translation icon : con fondo
  • It was clean-bottomed and newly greased.
  • fat-bottomed
  • heavy-bottomed

Examples

  • Erika already has her Radiant-Bottomed Peach Orchard, and I confer the Thousand-Watt Bulb on Aron for creating this ingenious award.

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  • And this is a flat bottom steering wheel, although just barely, just enough to count as flat bottomed.

  • And watch some fat-bottomed bobby make our arrest for us?

  • Ode to a Glass-Bottomed Bookmobile.

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  • The old ship had a sturdy, flat-bottomed hull that made it perfect for shallow waters.

  • To make the cake, you need a heavy-bottomed pan to ensure even baking.

  • She preferred her furniture to be flat-bottomed for better stability on the uneven floor.

Antonyms

1 4.6

Having no lower part or surface

Compounds

An agreement that is sure not to fail

A thing with a curved bottom that rolls and is hard to stand

Surface Forms

bottomed positive

Morphology

bottomed = bottom (transparent) = bottom + ed

Formed by adding the adjectival/participial suffix '-ed' to the noun 'bottom', producing a clear meaning 'having a bottom of a specified kind'.

Etymology

The word bottomed comes from the noun bottom and the ending -ed, and it means 'having a bottom' or 'with a certain kind of bottom'. So a flat-bottomed flask is a flask 'with a flat bottom', and a shallow-bottomed boat is a boat 'with a shallow bottom'.