bottom
The lowest part of anything.
Noun 4 meanings
The lowest part of anything.
“Footers appear at the bottoms of pages.”
The remotest or innermost part of something.
“Near-synonym: fundus (anatomical)”
The fundamental part; a basic aspect.
“get to the bottom of it”
Low-lying land; a valley or hollow.
“Where shall we go for a walk? How about Ashcombe Bottom?”
Verb 4 meanings
To furnish (something) with a bottom.
“to bottom a chair”
To pour spirits into (a glass to be topped up with soda water).
To establish or found (something) on or upon.
To lie on the bottom of; to underlie, to lie beneath.
Adjective 1 meaning
The lowest or last place or position.
“Those files should go on the bottom shelf.”
Etymology
From Middle English botme, botom, from Old English botm, bodan (“bottom, foundation; ground, abyss”), from Proto-West Germanic *butm, from Proto-Germanic *butmaz, *budmaz (“bottom; ground”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn (“bottom”).
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BOTTOM at a glance
BOTTOM has 6 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (B 3 + O 1 + T 1 + T 1 + O 1 + M 3) and 12 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,478 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with bottom
All rhymes- CUSTOM10
- PHANTOM14
- ATOM6
- SYMPTOM16
- KRATOM12
- DIATOM9
- ACCUSTOM14
- FANTOM11
- HETEROATOM15
- CHRISTOM15
- ANTIATOM10
- DISACCUSTOM18
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