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The lowest point or part of something
“I would recommend reading the fine print at the bottom of the page.”
The underside or bottom part of something
“There was a rattle afterward coming from underneath the car and the sound of something tink-tinking against the bottom of the car.”
The lowest level of something
“Do you think that the recession is now behind us, that we've hit the bottom of this slump?”
That which serves as a foundation for something else, literally or figuratively
“This would normally make the horizontal beams at the bottom of the building sag downwards, just as a plank of wood does when you stand on it.”
The basis or essence of something
“Should we even attempt to get to the bottom of Giorgio's theory about ancient aliens building the pyramids?”
The cause or origin of something
“Let's get to the bottom of his motivation, and it may not necessarily be about the money.”
The farthest point or end of something
“What exactly goes on in the shed at the bottom of his garden?”
The lowest position in a ranking or competition
“Biologists in the 1950s and 1960s were at the bottom of the payscale, making less than a schoolteacher.”
A person's buttocks
“He stood unsteadily for a short while, and then promptly fell on his bottom.”
A vessel or ship for traveling over water
“We sailed in a leaky bottom, and on great and perilous waters.”
An agent or someone who has the power to control the outcome of something
The lowest inner part of a ship's hull
The least or smallest amount or quantity possible, attainable, or required
The other side of something, especially a flat surface
An obstacle, delay, or disadvantage
Base terrain near the bottom of a mountain or hill, akin to foot
Flat surface in vehicle, serving as the bottom or floor, used for carrying and transporting loads
A quark having a fractional electric charge of -1/3 and a mass about 4,100 to 4,400 MeV
An upbringing that is humble or unexceptional, especially financially
A hole or depression in something
A small valley
The tip or furthermost part of something
One's status or standing
In the lowest position
“Brush around the edges of the bottom layer of the pastry with the beaten egg, then place the lattice pastry sheet over the top.”
Having the minimal or smallest amount, degree or value
“Joe Ashley paid bottom dollar for an abandoned half-burned-down house in the deep pinewoods just west of Pompano.”
Lowest or most inferior in rank or quality
“To compound the nation's sense of dismay, the UNICEF Report showed that Britain was in bottom place for the quality of relationships within the family.”
Of low rank or status
Offering or constituting the minimum required without elaboration or luxury
Situated far from a point of reference
Essential, as an element, principle, or law
To base on a principle, idea, feeling or physical matter
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