26984 words

bottom

14 definitions • 24 examples
1
the lowest part of something:

Examples:

bottom of He stood at the bottom of the stairs and called up to me.
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The ship had sunk to the bottom of the sea/the sea bottom.
at the bottom The manager of the hotel started at the bottom (= in one of the least important jobs) 30 years ago, as a porter.
At school, Einstein was at the bottom of (= the least successful student in) his class.
The rich usually get richer, while the people at the bottom (= at the lowest position in society) stay there.
2
the lower part of a piece of clothing that consists of two parts:

Examples:

I've found my bikini bottoms but not my top.
3
in baseball, the second part of an inning (= period of play), when the team that is playing at home (= on its own field) has its turn to try to hit the ball and score:

Examples:

He made a crucial error in the bottom of the ninth inning.
Cleveland scored a run in the bottom of the second.
4
the farthest part of something:

Examples:

His feet stuck out from the bottom of the bed.
UK They live at the bottom of our street (= the other end of the street from us).
5
the part of your body that you sit on:

Examples:

She slipped and fell on her bottom.
6
the lowest part of something:

Examples:

He stood at the bottom of the stairs and called up to me.
7
A bottom is the lower part of an item of clothing that consists of two parts:

Examples:

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The bottom is also the least important position:

Examples:

The manager of the hotel started at the bottom 30 years ago.
9
the buttocks
10
the lowest or worst level of something:

Examples:

hit/reach bottom The Nasdaq fell 29.5% but investors recouped all of their losses 7 weeks after stocks hit bottom.
at the bottom There was a job for him in the company, as long as he was prepared to start at the bottom.
at the bottom of sth The time to buy is at the bottom of a recession.
11
the lowest part of something:

Examples:

at the bottom (of sth) Click on "save page" at the bottom of the page.
12
used when a product or share has reached its lowest price and people have stopped buying it:

Examples:

The dot-com bubble burst and the bottom fell out of the tech market.
When the bottom dropped out of the stock market, he lost money.
13
lowest in a range of levels:

Examples:

the bottom end/level The flotation could produce a £132m profit at the top end of the range and £59m at the bottom end.
That still leaves us in the bottom half of spending levels in the EU.
14

Examples:

the bottom corner/edge/part The navigation buttons are in the bottom part of the window.

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