Antonyms for bottom
| Grammar : Adj, noun |
| Spell : bot-uh m |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɒt əm |
Definition of bottom
Origin :- 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.
- adj lowest; fundamental
- noun foundation
- noun base, core
- noun rear end
- Presently Percival found himself again at the bottom of the shaft.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- It seemed like one risen from the dead, for he supposed him lying at the bottom of the sea.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- Had the dead come back from the bottom of the sea to expose him?
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- He thought I was at the bottom of the sea, and the receipt with me.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- The bucket is perforated at the bottom, and being elevated, the oil drains off.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Invention of Steel Pens » by Henry Bore
- Viviette had told Austin the thing that glowed sacred at the bottom of his soul.
- Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
- She was lying at the bottom of her white-curtained nursery cot.
- Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair
- He sounded that pool with a long branch and found no bottom.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- The banks of the watercourse were steep, the bottom was sandy.
- Extract from : « Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia » by Thomas Mitchell
- In the bottom of the pan is a rack upon which the meat may rest.
- Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
Synonyms for bottom
- backside
- basal
- base
- basement
- basic
- basis
- bed
- bedrock
- behind
- belly
- bottom line
- breech
- bum
- butt
- buttocks
- cause
- deepest part
- depths
- derriere
- essence
- essentiality
- fanny
- floor
- foot
- footing
- foundational
- fundament
- ground
- groundwork
- heart
- last
- lowermost
- lowest
- lowest part
- mainspring
- marrow
- meat-and-potatoes
- nadir
- nether portion
- nethermost
- origin
- pedestal
- pediment
- pith
- posterior
- primary
- principle
- quintessence
- radical
- rear
- rest
- rock-bottom
- root
- rump
- seat
- sole
- soul
- source
- stuff
- substance
- substratum
- substructure
- support
- tail
- terra firma
- tush
- underbelly
- underlying
- undermost
- underneath
- underside
- virtuality
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