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lowermost

lowermost

1 5.0
At the very bottom of something
  • adjective
  • /ˈloʊərˌmoʊst/
translation icon : más bajo
  • Generally reproduced (as here) with the lowermost figure cropped from the image, the original photograph contains five human dolls, each one standing on its own architectural platform, while a sculpted head gazes blindly from the building's penultimate story.
  • the lowermost layer

Examples

  • Bernie sat on the lowermost branch of the Tree of Life, overlooking the Fountain, using an emery board on his talons and regularly preening his feathers.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • A radiocarbon date of 11,600 years ago came from the lowermost shell midden, clearly formed when humans took shelter here.

    Academic text (2007)

  • For our purposes, the lowermost data point is thus selected to be the closest one above the roughness-element height.

    Academic text (2018)

  • The uppermost edge under the dome of the diaphragm was defined as the upper margin, whereas the lowermost edge was defined as the lower margin.

    Academic text (2016)

  • Time then unfolds in Eden as well, beginning with the creation of Eve and continuing through the Fall to the Expulsion from the Garden in the lowermost foreground.

    Academic text (2001)

  • The three-patch case in Fig. 11b has the smallest anaerobic core in the uppermost patch and a larger anaerobic core in the central patch than in the lowermost patch.

    Academic text (2018)

  • The field termed the Giddings (Eagleford) is in fact producing from the Maness Shale, the lowermost member of the Woodbine and considerably older than the Eagleford.

    Blog text (18)

  • Lime paused, running her eyes along the medicines on the lowermost shelf.

  • If the water has not penetrated to the lowermost roots, add more.

  • The lowermost layer is dead or not suitable for brewing.

Synonyms

bottom
vslowermost
619 1.0

At the lowest or deepest level

refers only to physical deepest location rather than rank or level
bottommost
vslowermost
1 4.4

Lowest in a pile or on a shelf

is a broader word for being furthest down in place
nethermost
vslowermost
  • Archaic
9.8

At the lowest part of something

is the general term for being furthest down in location
undermost
vslowermost
6.6

In the lowest position under all other parts

is more general and not only about where something is placed

Antonyms

uppermost
8 4.7

At the very top

How Low

lowermost
1 5.0
lower
102 1.0
low
22 1.0
middle
∞ 1.0
high
52 1.0

Surface Forms

lowermost positive

Morphology

lowermost = lower (transparent) = low + er + most

The word is a regular superlative formation from 'lower' + '-most', yielding the meaning 'furthest down/lowest'.

Etymology

The word lowermost comes from lower, which comes from low, plus most, so it means 'most low' or 'furthest down' and is used for something 'at the bottom'.