bottom

adjlowest; fundamental
nounfoundation
nounbase, core
nounrear end

Synonyms for bottom

adj lowest; fundamental

Antonyms for bottom

Word Origin & History

Old English botm, bodan "ground, soil, foundation, lowest part," from Proto-Germanic *buthm- (cf. Old Frisian boden "soil," Old Norse botn, Dutch bodem, Old High German bodam, German Boden "ground, earth, soil"), from PIE root *bhu(n)d(h)- (cf. Sanskrit budhnah, Avestan buna- "bottom," Greek pythmen "foundation," Latin fundus "bottom, piece of land, farm," Old Irish bond "sole of the foot"). Meaning "posterior of a person" is from 1794. Bottom dollar "the last dollar one has" is from 1882. Bottom-feeder, originally of fishes, is from 1866.

Example Sentences for bottom

Presently Percival found himself again at the bottom of the shaft.

It seemed like one risen from the dead, for he supposed him lying at the bottom of the sea.

Had the dead come back from the bottom of the sea to expose him?

He thought I was at the bottom of the sea, and the receipt with me.

The bucket is perforated at the bottom, and being elevated, the oil drains off.

Viviette had told Austin the thing that glowed sacred at the bottom of his soul.

He sounded that pool with a long branch and found no bottom.

She was lying at the bottom of her white-curtained nursery cot.

The banks of the watercourse were steep, the bottom was sandy.

In the bottom of the pan is a rack upon which the meat may rest.

bottom

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base

basement

basis

bed

bedrock

bottom

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