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bottom noun [ ˈbɒtəm ]

• the lowest point or part of something.
• "the bottom of the page"
Similar: foot, lowest part, lowest point, base, extremity, foundation, basis, support, substructure, substratum, groundwork, underpinning,
Opposite: top,
• a person's buttocks.
• "he climbs the side of the gorge, scratching his bottom unselfconsciously"
Similar: rear, rump, rear end, backside, seat, buttocks, cheeks, hindquarters, haunches, derrière, Sitzfleisch, nates, behind, sit-upon, stern, BTM, tochus, rusty dusty, bum, botty, prat, jacksie, bahookie, butt, fanny, tush, tushie, tail, duff, buns, booty, caboose, heinie, patootie, keister, tuchis, bazoo, bippy, batty, rass, fundament, posterior, breech, arse, clunge, ass,
• stamina or strength of character.
• "whatever his faults, he possesses that old-fashioned quality—bottom"
• a man who takes the passive role in anal intercourse with another man.

bottom adjective

• in the lowest position.
• "the books on the bottom shelf"
Similar: lowest, last, bottommost, undermost, ground, basal,
Opposite: highest,
• denoting a flavour (variety) of unstable quark having an electric charge of - 1/3. Bottom quarks have similar properties to down quarks and strange quarks, but are distinguished from them by having a larger mass.

bottom verb

• (of a situation) reach the lowest point before stabilizing or improving.
• "encouraging signs suggested the recession was bottoming out"
• (of a ship) reach or touch the ground under the sea.
• "nuclear submarines cannot bottom"
Origin: Old English botm, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch bodem ‘bottom, ground’ and German Boden ‘ground, earth’.

at bottom

• fundamentally.
"at bottom, science is exploration"

be at the bottom of

• be the basic cause or origin of (something).
"he knew what was at the bottom of it—Jane wanted them to live together"

the bottom falls out

• used to refer to the sudden collapse or failure of something.
"the bottom fell out of the market for classic cars"

bottom of the harbour

• used to refer to a tax evasion scheme involving asset stripping and the apparent loss of company records.
"in many cases, the company is just wound up, and it all goes to the bottom of the harbour"

bottoms up!

• used to express friendly feelings towards one's companions before drinking.

from the bottom up

• starting at the lower end or beginning of a hierarchy or process and proceeding to the top or end.
"we began to study history from the bottom up"

get to the bottom of

• find an explanation for (a mystery).
"the health authority was determined to get to the bottom of what went wrong"

knock the bottom out of

• cause (something) to collapse or fail suddenly.
"a shortfall in supplies would knock the bottom out of the engineering industry"

you can bet your bottom dollar

• used to state one's conviction that a particular thing is going to happen.
"you can bet your bottom dollar it'll end in tears"



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