bottom has definitions from the fields of nautical,transportation,geography,sport
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[ noun ] the lower side of anything

Used in print

(James A. Ibers et al., "Proton magnetic resonance...)

The top of the sample was nearly flat and the bottom hemispherical .

(B. J. D. Meeuse, The Story of Pollination....)

The bottom part of a burrow has a number of side tunnels or `` cells '' , each of which is provided with an egg plus a store of beebread .

(Ross E. McKinney and Howard Edde, "Aerated...)

The pilot plant was a circular lagoon 81 ft in diam at the surface and 65 ft in diam at the bottom , 4 ft below the surface , with a volume of 121000 gal .

(Leon Uris, Mila 8....)

Grabski slurped his way to the bottom of the soup_bowl .

(Frieda Arkin, "The Light of the Sea," in The...)

He ran on his plump sticks of legs , freezing now_and_again into the sudden startled attitudes which the camera had caught and held_on the paling photographs , all carefully placed and glued and labeled , resting in the fat plush album in the bottom drawer of the escritoire .

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[ noun ] the lowest part of anything

Examples

"they started at the bottom of the hill"

Used in print

(Christopher Davis, First Family....)

They turned at the bottom of Kate 's steps and moved off in the direction of the park .

Related terms

region foot base rock_bottom

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[ noun ] the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

Examples

"he deserves a good kick in the butt" "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"

Used in print

(John Hazard Wildman, "Take It Off," The Arizona...)

`` Now '' , said Arlene , eventually , making them both sit in formation on a big root of a live_oak , the sort of root that divided itself and made their bottoms sag_down and feel comfortable .

The children looked at each other and sagged their bottoms down even more comfortably than ever .

Related terms

body_part torso

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[ noun ] (geography) a depression forming the ground under a body of water

Synonyms

bed

Examples

"he searched for treasure on the ocean bed"

Used in print

(L. Don Leet and Florence J. Leet, editors, The World of...)

Japanese fishermen have sometimes observed that sardines hauled up in their nets during a tsunami have enormously swollen stomachs ; the fish have swallowed vast numbers of bottom living diatoms , raised to the surface by the disturbance .

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[ noun ] (sport) the second half of an inning; while the home team is at bat

Used in print

(Rocky Mountains News, [Denver, Colorado],...)

Jim_Landis ' 380 - foot home_run over left in the first inning gave the Sox a 1 - 0 lead , but Harmon_Killebrew came_back in the bottom of the first with his second homer in two days with the walking Bob_Allison aboard .

Related terms

top turn inning

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[ verb ] (nautical) strike the ground, as with a ship's bottom

Related terms

hit

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[ verb ] provide with a bottom or a seat, as of chairs

Related terms

supply cabinetwork

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[ verb ] come to understand

Synonyms

fathom penetrate

Related terms

understand penetration

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[ adjective ] at the bottom; lowest or last

Synonyms

lowest

Examples

"the bottom price"

Related terms

minimal

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[ adjective ] the lowest rank

Synonyms

poorest

Examples

"bottom member of the class"

Related terms

worst

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 10121
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[ adjective ] situated at the bottom or lowest position

Examples

"the bottom drawer"

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[ noun ] low-lying alluvial land near a river

Synonyms

bottomland

Related terms

land

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[ noun ] (nautical,transportation) a cargo ship

Examples

"they did much of their overseas trade in foreign bottoms"

Related terms

cargo_ship freight

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