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Definition: Bottom |
BottomAdjective1. Situated at the bottom or lowest position; "the bottom drawer". 2. At the bottom; lowest or last; "the bottom price". 3. The lowest rank; "bottom member of the class". Noun1. The lower side of anything. 2. The lowest part of anything; "they started at the bottom of the hill". 3. The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on. 4. The second half of an inning; while the home team is at bat. 5. A depression forming the ground under a body of water; "he searched for treasure on the ocean bed". 6. Low-lying alluvial land near a river. 7. A cargo ship; "they did much of their overseas trade in foreign bottoms". Verb1. Provide with a bottom or a seat, as of chairs. 2. Strike the ground, as with a ship's bottom. 3. Come to understand. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "bottom" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Bottom |
Agriculture | Usually synonymous with "vessel" or "ship." A ship of American registry may be referred to as a "U.S. bottom," whereas if registry is other than U.S., the ship, in U.S. usage, may be called a "foreign bottom.". (references) |
Food & Agriculture | The underside of the hull of a vessel. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A)any piece(s)of timber from which the head of a barrel, cask, keg, etc. is cut; b)also such pieces when cut and assembled to form the head. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| In a plough, the group of the parts associated with cutting, lifting and turning the furrow slice. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Geography | The flood plain of streams; land that is overflowed by normal floods; the bottom nearest the stream ; floor upon which any body of water rests. Source: European Union. (references) |
Industry | Assembly of blocks forming the floor of a tank furnace, including the surface which comes into contact with the glass. Source: European Union. (references) |
Literature | Bottom A ship's bottom is that part which is used for freight or stowage. Goods imported in British bottoms are those which come in our own vessels. Goods imported in foreign bottoms are those which come in foreign ships. A full bottom is where the lower half of the hull is so disposed as to allow large stowage. A sharp bottom is when a ship is capable of speed. At bottom. Radically, fundamentally: as, the young prodigal lived a riotous life, but was good at bottom, or below the surface. At the bottom. At the base or root. "Pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes."- Ruskin: True and Beautiful, p. 426. From the bottom of my heart. Without reservation. (Imo corde.) "If one of the parties ... be content to forgive from the bottom of his heart all that the other hath trespassed against him."- Common Prayer Book. He was at the bottom of it. He really instigated it, or prompted it. Never venture all in one bottom - i.e. one ship. "Do not put all your eggs into one basket." "My ventures are not in one bottom trusted."- Shakespeare: Merchant of Venice, i. 1. To have no bottom. To be unfathomable. To get to the bottom of the matter. To ascertain the entire truth; to bolt a matter to its bran. To stand on one's own bottom. To be independent. "Every tub must stand on its own bottom." To touch bottom. To reach the lowest depth. A horse of good bottom means of good stamina, good foundation. Bottom (Nick ), the weaver. A man who fancies he can do everything, and do it better than anyone else. Shakespeare has drawn him as profoundly ignorant, brawny, mock heroic, and with an overflow of self-conceit. He is in one part of Midsummer Night's Dream represented with an ass's head, and Titania, queen of the fairies, under a spell, caresses him as an Adonis. The name is very appropriate, as the word bottom means a ball of thread used in weaving, etc. Thus in Clark's Heraldry we read, "The coat of Badland is argent, three bottoms in fess gules, the thread or. " "When Goldsmith, jealous of the attention which a dancing monkey attracted, said, `I can do that,' he was but playing Bottom."- R. G. White. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Mechanical Engineering | The refractory lining forming the base of the combustion chamber. Source: European Union. (references) |
Metallurgy | The lining of a blast furnace at the bottom of the hearth. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Block of rammed refractory serving as the bottom of the converter and traversed by tuyeres which carry hot blast from the blast box to the bath. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Mining | A. The floor or footwall of an underground mine. b. The landing of a shaft or slope. c. See:gutter d. To complete a borehole. e. To construct the bottom of or for; said specif. of underdraining a level f. To strike bedrock or clay when sinking a shaft g. The landing at the bottom of the shaft or slope h. The lowest point of mining operations i. To underrun (as a gold deposit that is to be worked by the hydraulic method) with a level for drainage j. Surface in a borehole parallel to the face of a drill bit. (references) |
Multilingual Slang | Dutch (gat), French (cul), Swedish (bajdyna), Yiddish (tokhes). (references) |
Slang | Adjective. Source: Unknown. Definition: A homosexual male who prefers to be penetrated by others. Context: Speaking with another gay male using bottom as a descriptive word to talk about other gay males in sexual context. Social Source: Homosexual Males ages 30 and up. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references) |
Slang in 1811 | BOTTOM. A polite term for the posteriors. Also, in the sporting sense, strength and spirits to support fatigue; as a bottomed horse. Among bruisers it is used to express a hardy fellow, who will bear a good beating. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
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Bottom can refer to:
- buttocks
- Bottom (BDSM)
- Bottom, a British sitcom - see Bottom (television)
- In lattice theory and related branches of mathematics, see Bottom element.
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In BDSM, a bottom is a partner who takes the role of slave or victim, submitting to such acts as bondage, flogging, humiliation, or servitude from the top.A bottom is not necessarily submissive, and vice versa. At one end of the continuum is a submissive who enjoys taking orders from a dominant but does not receive any physical stimulation. At the other is a bottom who enjoys the intense physical and psychological stimulation but does not submit to the person delivering them.
It should be noted that the bottom is most often the partner who is giving instructions - the top typically tops when, and in the manner, requested by the bottom.
In order to explore BDSM sex, it is essential to be careful and choose a top who will be responsive to one's needs, feelings, and limits. (See safeword.) Failure to choose a trustworthy top can be very dangerous, and even a trustworthy but overzealous top can inflict severe pain or injury by failing to pay attention to the bottom.
Note that in BDSM sex, it is commonplace for two partners to switch roles from one encounter to the other, depending on mood and preference, a practice known as switching.
The term submissive or sub is more precise than "bottom", since the term "bottom" is also used in vanilla, especially gay, sex to refer to a receptive partner, or as an intransitive verb meaning to have receptive sex with. As above, it is very commonplace for partners to change roles from one encounter to the next or to have both insertive and receptive sex.
Bottoms sometimes identify themselves by wearing a set of keys on the right side of the belt or a color-coded handkerchief in their right rear pocket. This practice, called flagging, began in the gay male subculture but appears to be dying out.
In Japanese bondage and sexually-themed anime and manga (especially yaoi), a bottom is referred to as uke, a term from kabuki.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Bottom (BDSM)."
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Bottom was a British sitcom from the early 1990s written by Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson, who are the show's main stars, playing Richard Richard and Eddie Hitler respectively. Richard is a perpetually optimistic dimwit; Eddie is a cheerfully violent dipsomaniac. Their arguments often lead to exaggeratedly violent fight scenes. Richie and Eddie are basically variations on characters the duo had been playing for years; the earlier Filthy, Rich and Catflap had featured a slightly more watered-down version.They also both staged in The Young Ones.
Often considered to be the most violent and profane example of the Britcom genre, the programme ran for three series of six episodes each.
Four live theatre shows have been spun off over the years, the most recent being Bottom 2001: An Arse Oddity. Recordings of all four stage shows have been released on video and DVD.
Another loose (in more ways than one) spin off from the series is the movie Guest House Paradiso, in which Mayall and Edmondson use the big screen as an opportunity to take the "comic" depiction of extreme violence and bodily functions to even greater extremes; the film climaxes with an orgy of projectile vomiting that has to be seen to be disbelieved.
Bottom was broadcast by the Dutch VPRO.
Episode list
Series 1
- Smells - September 17, 1991
- Gas - September 24, 1991
- Contest - September 30, 1991
- Apocalypse - October 7, 1991
- 's Up - October 14, 1991
- Accident - October 28, 1991
Series 2
- Digger - October 1, 1992
- Burglary - October 8, 1992
- Culture - October 15, 1992
- Parade - October 22, 1992
- Holy - October 29, 1992
- 's Out - Never Aired
Series 3
- Hole - January 6, 1995
- Terror - January 13, 1995
- Break - January 20, 1995
- Dough - January 27, 1995
- Finger - February 3, 1995
- Carnival - February 10, 1995
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In mathematics, a partial order ≤ on a set X is a binary relation that is reflexive, antisymmetric and transitive, i.e., it holds for all a, b and c in X that:
A set with a partial order on it is called a partially ordered set, poset, or, often, simply an ordered set.
- a ≤ a (reflexivity)
- if a ≤ b and b ≤ c then a ≤ c (transitivity)
- if a ≤ b and b ≤ a then a = b (antisymmetry)
Examples of posets include the integers and real numbers with their ordinary ordering, subsets of a given set ordered by inclusion, strings ordered lexicographically (as in a phone book), and natural numbers ordered by divisibility.
Finite posets are most easily visualized as "Hasse diagrams", that is, graphss where the vertices are the elements of the poset and the ordering relation is indicated by edges and the relative positioning of the vertices. The element x is smaller than y if and only if there exists a path from x to y always going upwards. This can be generalized: any poset can be represented by a directed acyclic graph, where the nodes are the elements of the poset and there is a directed path from a to b if and only if a≤b.
If S is a subset of the poset X, we say that
There can be many maximal elements but at most one largest element of S; if a largest element exists, then it is the unique maximal element of S. Minimal elements, lower bounds and smallest (least, bottom) elements are defined analogously.
- the element m of S is a maximal element of S if the only element s of S with m≤s is s=m.
- the element u of X is an upper bound for S if s≤u for all s in S
- the element l is the largest (or greatest, or top) element in S if l is an upper bound for S and an element of S.
A subset of a partially ordered set inherits a partial order. New partially ordered sets can also be constructed by cartesian products, disjoint unions and other set-theoretic operations. Since the intersection of partial orders on a given set X is again a partial order on X, every relation R on X generates a unique partial order on X, the smallest partial order containing R. Every poset (X,≤) has a unique dual poset (X,≥), where we define a >= b if and only if b ≤ a. Every poset also gives rise to an irreflexive relation <, where a < b if and only if a ≤ b and a ≠ b.
Special cases of partially ordered sets are
A related concept is that of a directed set, where every finite subset has an upper bound. Directed sets are not required to have the antisymmetric property, so they are not necessarily posets.
- totally ordered sets, where for any pair of elements a,b, either a≤b or b≤a. For example the real numbers with the usual order relation ≤ form a totally ordered set. Another name for totally ordered set is "linearly ordered set". A chain is a linearly ordered subset of a poset.
- well-ordered sets, where all non-empty subsets have smallest elements.
- lattices, where any two elements have both a greatest lower bound (infimum) and a least upper bound (supremum). Lattices are considered algebraic structures with the operations "sup" and "inf".
- boolean algebras, which are lattices with additional properties that allow for the definition of a logical negation.
- bounded posets, which have a largest and a smallest element.
A partially ordered set is complete if every one of its subsets has a least upper bound and a greatest lower bound. Various types of complete partially ordered sets are used in, for example, program semantics. The best-known type of complete partially ordered sets are the Scott-Ershov domainss. These structures are important in that they constitute a cartesian closed category and in that they provide a natural theory of approximations. That the class of Scott-Ershov domains is cartesian closed category enables the solution of so-called domain equations, e.g., D = [D -> D], where the right-hand side denotes the space of all continuous functions on D.
Partially ordered sets can be given a topology, for example, the Alexandrov topology, consisting of all upwards closed subsets. A subset U of a partially ordered set is upwards closed if x in U and x ≤ y implies that y belongs to U. For special types of partially ordered sets other topologies may be more interesting. For example, the natural topology on Scott-Ershov domains is the Scott topology.
A poset is locally finite if every closed interval [a, b] in it is finite. Locally finite posets give rise to incidence algebras which in turn can be used to define the Euler characteristic of finite bounded posets.
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| BOSH | English | Bottom Oriented Shrimp Harvester | N/A |
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Synonyms: BottomSynonyms: bottom(a) (adj), lowest (adj), poorest (adj), arse (n), ass (n), backside (n), bed (n), behind (n), bottom of the inning (n), bottomland (n), bum (n), buns (n), butt (n), buttocks (n), can (n), derriere (n), fanny (n), freighter (n), fundament (n), hind end (n), hindquarters (n), keister (n), merchant ship (n), merchantman (n), nates (n), posterior (n), prat (n), rear (n), rear end (n), rump (n), seat (n), stern (n), tail (n), tail end (n), tooshie (n), tush (n), underside (n), undersurface (n), fathom (v), penetrate (v). (additional references) |
| Antonyms: side(a) (adj), top(a) (adj), top (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Concavity | Valley, vale, dale, dell, dingle, combe, bottom, slade, strath, glade, grove, glen, cave, cavern, cove; grot, grotto; alcove, cul-de-sac; gully; arch; (curve); bay; (of the sea). |
Courage | Manliness, manhood; nerve, pluck, mettle, game; heart, heart of grace; spunk, guts, face, virtue, hardihood, intestinal fortitude; firmness; (stability); heart of oak; bottom, backbone, spine; (perseverance) a. resolution; (determination); bulldog courage. |
Ship | Noun: ship, vessel, sail; craft, bottom. |
Support | Give support, furnish support, afford support, supply support, lend support, give foundations, furnish foundations, afford foundations, supply foundations, lend foundations; bottom, found, base, ground, imbed, embed. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Bottom |
| English words defined with "bottom": bottom fish, Bottom grass, Bottom land, bottom rot fungus ♦ Full bottom ♦ lake bottom ♦ ocean bottom ♦ rock bottom ♦ sea bottom ♦ To be at the bottom of. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "bottom": acid bottom and lining ♦ basic bottom and lining, blast furnace bottom, borehole bottom charge, BOTTOM BLEACHER, bottom boards, bottom bounce, bottom diameter, bottom equipment, bottom feeder, bottom fermentation beer, bottom fermented beer, bottom half, bottom heading, bottom hole, bottom ironer, bottom loading belt, BOTTOM MAKER, BOTTOM PRESSER, bottom sample, bottom sampler, bottom scrubber, bottom sheets, bottom splash, bottom stainer, bottom sweep, BOTTOM WHEELER ♦ channel bottom ♦ furnace bottom ♦ hearth bottom ♦ loop-type pit bottom ♦ PAINTER, BOTTOM, pit bottom ♦ single-approach pit bottom, stream bottom ♦ top or bottom header ♦ valley bottom. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "bottom": Panshon. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Bottom line, she tries to blackmail me, I'll drop her out a higher window (Batman Returns; writing credit: Bob Kane; Daniel Waters) I wish the world was a place where fair was the bottom line, where the kind of idealism you showed at the hearing was rewarded, not taken advantage of. Unfortunately, we don't live in that world (Contact; writing credit: Carl Sagan;) So, you think you could outclever us french folks with your silly, knees-bent, running-about, advancing behavior? I wave my private parts at your aunties, you cheesy-leather, second-hand, electric donkey bottom biters (Monty Python and the Holy Grail; writing credit: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin.) Have bottom size of Brazil (Bridget Jones's Diary; writing credit: Helen Fielding) In another hour, all of this, all you see here will be at the bottom of the Atlantic (Titanic; writing credit: James Cameron) | |
Lyrics | You on the bottom, tight body (What'Chu Like; performing artist: Da Brat) But one day the bottom will drop out, (I SHOT THE SHERIFF; performing artist: Eric Clapton) Two down, nobody on, no score, bottom of the ninth, (Paradise By The Dashboard Light; performing artist: Meat Loaf) Been to the bottom of every bottle (How You Remind Me; performing artist: NICKELBACK) I hit the bottom, ain't nowhere else to go but up (U.N.I.T.Y.; performing artist: Queen Latifah) | |
Clever | You can't get to the top by sitting on your bottom. (references; author: unknown) What lies at the bottom of the ocean and twitches? A nervous wreck. (references; author: unknown) On Tesco's Tiramisu dessert (printed on bottom): "Do not turn upside down. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Bottom Busters (1973) The Glass Bottom Boat (1966) Room at the Bottom (1966) Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964) Room at the Bottom (1964) | |
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Shown is a close-up of scientist's hands holding three test tubes. The one on the left contains normal healthy t-lymphocytes, notice the pellet on the bottom. The middle vial has t-cells that have been infected with the AIDS virus HIV also known as HTLV-III; note the pellet has been destroyed since the cells have died. The test tube on the right contains t-lymphocytes that were exposed to the AIDS virus but since they were protected by AZT, the cells were not destroyed and the pellet stayed intact. Credit: John Crawford (photographer). | This is a series of photos showing the drug suramin's ability to protect helper t-cells (in culture) against HIV-I infection (HTLV-III) b). On the left side of each pair are uninfected helper t-cells. On the right, the top row are t-cells killed by the HIV-I; the middle t-cells partially protected with suramin; and the bottom t-cells completely protected by suramin against the HIV-I infection. Note the t-cells, when protected by suramin, are not destroyed. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. | ||
Much of the kidney has been replaced by gray and yellow tumor tissue. A little remaining renal cortex and pericapsular fat are visible at the bottom of this surgical specimen. Cancer. Credit: CDC. | The rash often appears as rough, red or reddish brown spots, and can appear on both the palms of the hands as well as on the plantar surface (bottom) of the feet. Credit: CDC. | ||
![]() | This image was taken by Clementine as it came over the north lunar pole at thecompletion of mapping orbit 102 on March 13, 1994. The angular separation between lunar horizon and Earth has been reduced for illustration purposes.The large crater at the bottom of the image is Plaskett (180 W longitude, 82 N latitude).(A version of this image with just the Earth in the image is available on theNSSDC Photo Gallery: Earth page.). Credit: NASA. | ![]() | Global images taken by the Wide-Field Planetary Camera 2on the Hubble Space Telescope. The top image is the Valles Marineris region(centered on roughly 60 degrees longitude), the middle image is the Tharsis region(centered on roughly 160 degrees longitude), and the bottom image is theSyrtis Major region (centered on roughly 270 degrees longitude).These three images are individual frames from one press release photograph. Credit: NASA. |
![]() | Opening in bottom of plane for K-1 camera Used on Mississippi Delta mapping project. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. | ![]() | Bottom photograph - compass used to orient photo OCEANOGRAPHER around the world cruise. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
![]() | Ripples on the Patuxent River river bottom. These were seen on a day having exceptionally clear water. Credit: America's Coastlines. | ![]() | Barge at bottom of photo summer home to scientists studying effects of EXXON VALDEZ oil spill. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
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| "Bottom half of a pigeon" by William Gillaspy Commentary: "Stairy night." | "Ray's bottom" by Ary Post Commentary: "Ray in the zoo." |
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| Author | Quotation |
August Bebel | All political questions, all matters of right, are at bottom only questions of might. |
Honore De Balzac | In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls. |
John Ruskin | In general, pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes. |
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne | Sits he on never so high a throne, a man still sits on his bottom. |
| Even on the most exalted throne in the world we are only sitting on our own bottom. | |
Publilius Syrus | Do not despise the bottom rungs in the ascent to greatness. |
Ralph Waldo Emerson | The reason why men do not obey us is because they see the mud at the bottom of our eye. |
Seneca | Economy is too late when you are at the bottom of your purse. |
Sir Thomas More | A little wanton money, which burned out the bottom of his purse. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Young Zaphod Plays It Safe | Douglas Adams | You're one hundred percent positive that the ship which is crashed on the bottom of this ocean is the ship which you said you were one hundred percent positive could one hundred percent positively never crash |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | It is a curious subject of observation and inquiry, whether hatred and love be not the same thing at the bottom. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | (r)His character at bottom was a playful humour , says Gourgaud |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | Then he read the flyleaf from the bottom to the top till he came to his own name |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | He took a handful of sand from the bottom and scrubbed himself with it. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | I let my shirt down to my waist, and drew up the bottom, fastening it like a girdle about my middle to hide my nakedness |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | These lend a pleasing mystery to the bottom. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Find your weight on the bottom of the graph. (references) | |
Go to the bottom of the search page where "You may refine your search by." (references) | ||
Stool leaves the body through the stoma while the bottom part of the intestine heals. (references) | ||
Business | It has hit the bottom and started showing signs of recovery. (references) | |
The corresponding increase in expected output is shown in the graph on the bottom. (references) | ||
These systems also have greater return on investments and which reflects positively on their bottom lines. (references) | ||
Economic History | Monaco | Flag: Top band red; bottom white. (references) |
Vietnam | The bottom line generally comes down to price. (references) | |
Cape Verde | Flag: Broad horizontal blue bands at the top and bottom. (references) | |
Human Rights | Bhutan | Village headmen, who have the power to arbitrate disputes, constitute the bottom rung of the judicial system. (references) |
Guatemala | The assailants threatened her, tied her up, and left her unconscious for several hours at the bottom of a stairwell in the hotel. (references) | |
Political Economy | Mexico | Income distribution remained skewed; the top 20 percent of the population received approximately 58 percent of total income, while the bottom 20 percent earned an estimated 3.6 percent. (references) |
Travel | Japan | Group decision making is emphasized in Japan and has been generally described as a bottom up exercise rather than top down. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | HIBERNATE, v.i. To pass the winter season in domestic seclusion. There have been many singular popular notions about the hibernation of various animals. Many believe that the bear hibernates during the whole winter and subsists by mechanically sucking its paws. It is admitted that it comes out of its retirement in the spring so lean that it had to try twice before it can cast a shadow. Three or four centuries ago, in England, no fact was better attested than that swallows passed the winter months in the mud at the bottom of their brooks, clinging together in globular masses. They have apparently been compelled to give up the custom and account of the foulness of the brooks. Sotus Ecobius discovered in Central Asia a whole nation of people who hibernate. By some investigators, the fasting of Lent is supposed to have been originally a modified form of hibernation, to which the Church gave a religious significance; but this view was strenuously opposed by that eminent authority, Bishop Kip, who did not wish any honors denied to the memory of the Founder of his family. |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Beth Veglahn | What draws me is I want to see justice finally served. Not only for my daughter, but for Samantha. And I would go. Bottom line. |
Dennis Miller | Hey, the bottom line is, the fundamental nature of mankind never changes. |
Joan Rivers | I don't want to be controversial. I want to be truthful. I'm so sick of political correctness. I'm so sick of people not getting to the bottom line of their emotions. |
Rush Limbaugh | The bottom line is, before Clinton came to office, Pakistan and India did not have nuclear weapons. |
Sally Jessy Raphael | Kind of a base, bottom line, I would guess. And that's not all television, that's the need to be tabloid television, I think. It's either that or a plug your new book and let's have a lot of giggles, or plug your movie or whatever. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | We will get to the bottom of this, and I will take whatever action is called for. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Now, those of us who believe passionately in the power of open trade, we have to ensure that it lifts both our living standards and our values, never tolerating abusive child labor or a race to the bottom in the environment and worker protection. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | It is a chance for us to remind our fellow citizens that when you find a good principal, thank him or her from the bottom of your heart for doing one of the toughest jobs in the country. |
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| "Bottom" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 76.90% of the time. "Bottom" is used about 5,160 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 76.9% | 3,968 | 2,476 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 21.8% | 1,125 | 6,779 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 1.06% | 55 | 45,713 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.14% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.1% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Total | 100.00% | 5,160 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "bottom" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Bottom | Last name | 1,000 | 10,121 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "bottom": any one bottom ♦ at bottom ♦ At the bottom ♦ at the bottom of ♦ at the bottom of one's heart ♦ at the bottom of the heart ♦ at the bottom of the hill ♦ at the bottom of the sea ♦ at the very bottom ♦ be at the bottom of smth. ♦ beech Bottom ♦ blast furnace bottom ♦ bottom boards ♦ bottom coat ♦ bottom die ♦ bottom dollar ♦ bottom drawer ♦ bottom feeder ♦ Bottom fermentation ♦ bottom fermentation beer ♦ bottom fermented beer ♦ bottom fish ♦ bottom gear ♦ Bottom glade ♦ Bottom grass ♦ bottom half ♦ bottom land ♦ bottom line ♦ bottom lip ♦ bottom load ♦ bottom mine ♦ bottom note ♦ bottom of my heart ♦ bottom of the business ♦ bottom of the inning ♦ bottom out ♦ bottom part ♦ bottom plate ♦ bottom pouring plate ♦ bottom price ♦ bottom quark ♦ bottom rot ♦ bottom rot fungus ♦ bottom round ♦ bottom seine netter ♦ bottom seiner ♦ bottom slide ♦ bottom splash ♦ bottom stone ♦ bottom structure ♦ bottom sweep ♦ bottom up ♦ bottom value ♦ bottom with straw ♦ break at the bottom ♦ break the bottom of ♦ broad Bottom ♦ caldron bottom ♦ chair bottom ♦ channel bottom ♦ clean from top to bottom ♦ clover Bottom ♦ dropped bottom ♦ false bottom ♦ first bottom ♦ foggy Bottom ♦ Fraziers Bottom ♦ from the bottom of my heart ♦ from the bottom of one's heart ♦ from top to bottom ♦ Full bottom ♦ furnace bottom ♦ get down to rock bottom ♦ get the bottom of ♦ get to the bottom ♦ get to the bottom of ♦ go to the bottom ♦ hearth bottom ♦ heavy bottom ♦ hit rock bottom ♦ Hop Bottom ♦ kettle bottom ♦ knock the bottom out of ♦ knock the bottom out of an argument ♦ lake bottom ♦ let every tub stand on its bottom ♦ light bottom ♦ Long Bottom ♦ main bottom ♦ mud bottom ♦ ocean bottom ♦ Peach Bottom ♦ planing bottom ♦ plow bottom ♦ priming from hole bottom ♦ reach the bottom ♦ river bottom ♦ rock bottom ♦ rock bottom price ♦ rocker bottom ♦ rocky bottom. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "bottom": bottom-crawlers, bottom-dwellers, bottom-dwelling, bottom-end, bottom-feeders, bottom-fermented, bottom-fermenting, bottom-fishing, bottom-growing, bottom-hole, bottom-knots, bottom-line, bottom-living, bottom-lurking, bottom-most, bottom-of-the-league, bottom-of-the-line, bottom-of-the-pile, bottom-of-the-range, bottom-of-the-table, bottom-pinching, bottom-placed, bottom-rate, bottom-right, bottom-slippering, bottom-spanking, bottom-swimming, bottom-to-top, bottom-unique, bottom-up, bottom-up implementation, bottom-up model, bottom-up testing, bottom-upwards, bottom-use, bottom-water, bottom-wrappers. | |
Ending with "bottom": bikini-bottom, second-bottom, second-from-bottom. | |
Containing "bottom": gravel-bottom-dwelling, round-bottom flask. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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| Language | Translations for "bottom"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | agtergrond (background, foundation, ground), agterent (back, back part, backside, behind, buttocks, hind, hind part, rear, rump). (various references) | |
Albanian | fund (back, base, bed, death, decease, decline, doom, end, ending, epilogue, extremity, finality, finish, foot, foundation, ground, Omega, petticoat, quietus, rock bottom, skirt, sole, stub, tag, tail, tailpiece, terminal, termination). (various references) | |
Arabic | كفل (ass, backside, butt, buttock, buttocks, ensure, guarantee, guaranty, insure, pledge, posterior, prat, rump, secure, sponsor, vouch), قعر (bed, concave, depth, dish, floor, foot, hollow), قاعدة أساسية (ground), قاع (bed), حضيض, سافلة المركب, عجيزة (behind, breech, bum, butt, posterior, rear, slat, tail end), صميم (absolute, core, genuine), السطح السفلي, أسفل (foot, nethermost, undermost), أساس (armature, base, basis, crux, footing, foundation, fundament, ground, grounding, grounds, pedestal, roadbed, rock, structure, subsoil, substratum, substructure), أعماق (baths, depth), أرض منخفضة, أدنى (below, down, least, minimal, minimum, under). (various references) | |
Basque | hondo. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | седалище на стол, слагам дъно на, кил (keel), основен (abecedarian, alkali, alkaline, basal, basic, capital, essential, fundamental, general, grade, gut, key, key note, main, organic, pivotal, polar, primal, prime, primitive, primordial, principal, radical, rudimental, rudimentary, substantial, thorough, thoroughgoing, tonic, ultimate, underlying), основавам върху, основавам (base, charter, establish, found, ground, institute, launch, organize, plant, promote, set up, start), най-нисък (lowermost, rock bottom, undermost), низина (depth, flat, lowland), проучвам (examine, explore, inspect, investigate, probe, prospect, quarry, read up, research, scout, see about, see into, sound out, study, survey, turn over, vet), издръжливост (endurance, guts, mettle, patience, reliability, resistance, sand, sinews, stay, staying power, strength, tenacity, tensility, toughness, vitality, wear), дъно (bed, bilge, hearth, sole), достигам до дъното, долен (abject, base, contemptible, currish, ignoble, ignominious, infamous, inferior, iniquitous, low, lower, low-grade, mangy, mean, mean-spirited, rascal, ratty, reptile, rotten, scaly, scurvy, shady, under, unworthy, vile, villainous), долина (bottomland, dale, valley). (various references) | |
Chinese | 底部 . (various references) | |
Czech | zadek (back, behind, bum, buttock, buttocks, Fanny, hindquarters, posterior, rear, stern, tail), spodní (downstairs, lower, neap, Nether, under, underarm, underlying), spodek (Jack, knave, substructure, underneath), sedadlo (place, seat), první (first, foremost, front, leading, premier, prime), poslední (current, dying, final, fresh, last, latest, lattermost, the last, ultimate), pata (abutment, heel), opatřit dnem, nejnižší možný, nejhorší (worst), lem (edge, hem, ribbon, rim, selvage, Selvedge, skirt), konec (amen, close, death, end, ending, finish, tail, terminal, termination, the end of, time is up, upshot), dolní (lower, Nether), dno (bed, floor, sink). (various references) | |
Danish | grund (foundation, ground). (various references) | |
Dutch | bodem (earth, foundation, ground, hull, land, soil), ondergrond (foundation, ground, soil), grond (base, basis, earth, foundation, ground, land, soil), achtergrond (background, foundation, ground). (various references) | |
Esperanto | pugo (behind, buttocks), malsupra flanko, fundo (foundation, ground). (various references) | |
Faeroese | botnur (background, foundation, ground, soil), baksýni (background, foundation, ground), bak (back, foundation, ground), reyv (behind, buttocks), rassur (behind, buttocks), dintil (behind, buttocks). (various references) | |
Farsi | پاءین (Below, Beneath, Low, Nether, Underneath), کف (Apron, Blubber, Foam, Insole, Scum, Silt, Slag), کشتی (Ark, Collier, Hulk, Log, Ship, Vessel, Wrestle), ته (Base, Bed, Butt, Extremity, Heel, Stub), زیر (Acute, Beneath, Nether, Sole, Sub, Under). (various references) | |
Finnish | pohja (base, basis, foundation, ground, sole). (various references) | |
French | fond (body, bosom), derrière, cul (cauldron bottom, kettle bottom), croupe. (various references) | |
Frisian | boaiem (floor, foundation, ground). (various references) | |
German | boden (attic, base, earth, floor, foundation, ground, land, loft, seabed, seat, soil, terrain), grund (account, bed, call, cause, causing, depths, earth, field, foundation, ground, grounds, land, matter, motive, occasion, reason, score, soil, subject, territorially), ende (branch, cessation, close, conclusion, death, decline, end, ending, exit, expiration, finish, finished, outcome, point, quietus, result, ruin, tail, termination, terminus, tine, tip, upshot). (various references) | |
Greek | πάτος (floor, head, heading, truck bed). (various references) | |
Hawaiian | fund (foundation, ground). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מרגלות (place for the feet in bed), ישבן (arse, backside, buttock, sitter), תחתית (base, saucer, subway), תחת (arse, below, beneath, butt, buttock, rump, under), קרקעית (bed), קרקע (earth, floor, ground, land, soil), ארעית (temporarily), גחון (abdomen, awry, belly, bent). (various references) | |
Hungarian | legutolsó (aftermost, last, latest, lattermost, rearmost, Ultima), fenék (arse, ass, backside, botty, breech, bum, buttocks, fanny, hams, hunker, kazoo, posterior, posteriors, prat, rear, tail). (various references) | |
Indonesian | birit (buttocks), penduduk (backside, denizen, inhabitant, inhabitting, occupation, resident), dasar (background, basis, bed, elementary, foundation, nature, principle, rudiment). (various references) | |
Italian | fondo (back, background, bed, deep, depth, dregs, end, estate, floor, foundation, fund, ground, heart, lowness, nature, profound, property, seat, sole), carena (Hull, keel). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 底 (sole). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | おくぞこ (depth), おくそこ (depth), おしり (arse, buttocks), ボトム , そこ (sole, that place, there), しり (buttocks, personal profit, self interest), にじゅうぞこ (double sole). (various references) | |
Korean | 바닥. (various references) | |
Manx | thoyn (anus, arse, backside, behind, bum, buttock, rectum, seat, vent), kione (chief, close, closing, dyke, end, extreme, extremity, finish, head, headland, point, point of argument, poll, ringleader, termination, top, top of flower, top-end, tribune), jerrey (back, back of cart, close, closing, closure, conclusion, effect, end, expiration, expiry, extreme, finale, finish, hinderpart, offal, stern, termination), grunt (ground, sole), curp (aitch bone, bum, buttock, haunch, rump), cur ashvuilley er, bun (base, basis, derivation, details, dope, end, explanation, eye of storm, foot, foundation, heart, interpretation, news, origin, original, prime, principle, raw material, root, root cause, sole, source, stem, stool, stump, underneath). (various references) | |
Occitan | fons. (various references) | |
Papiamen | bòm (bomb, foundation, ground), fòndo (foundation, ground). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ottombay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | fundo (back, background, deep, depth, floor, foundation, fund, gist, ground, grounding, groundwork, milieu, profound, rock bottom, sole, sunken, undercurrent). (various references) | |
Romanian | burtã (abdomen, belly, bilge, gut, guts, paunch, pot belly, stomach), bazã (alkali, base, bases, basis, footing, foundation, foundation stone, ground, groundwork, measured mile, root, sole, support), energie (activity, backbone, briskness, drive, energy, force, gimp, go, gumption, might, nerve, pep, pepper, peppiness, pith, pithiness, power, punch, sap, snap, soul, spirit, spunk, strength, vigor, vigour, vim, virtue, zip), dos (back, back side, behind, buttock, facing, inside, rear, rearward, reverse, seamy side, tail), depresiune (basin, blues, cave, cavity, dejection, delve, depression, despondency, draw, hollow, melancholia, notch, pan, sag, scoop), de jos (ignoble, lowly, mean, Nether), de dedesubt (bottommost), cauzã (account, call, cause, consideration, ground, induction, motive, reason, root, score, subject, wherefore, whys), înţelege (agree, apprehend, catch, come it, compass, comprehend, conceive, fathom, follow, grasp, interpret, latch on, make of, perceive, read, realize, savvy, scheme, see, see into, seize, take, tumble to, twig, understand), capãt (beginning, close, conclusion, dead end, end, extremity, head, term, termination, tip), fi cauza unui lucru, atinge fundul, albie (bed, channel, layer, pan, river bed, sow, tray, trough, tub), afundãturã (den, hollow), afund (depth), adâncime (abyss, deep, deepness, depth, height, horizon, pregnancy, profound, profoundness, profundity, wisdom), adânc (deep, deeply, depth, great, heavy, low, penetrating, profound, secret, sound, thick, wise), carenã (careen, Hull, keel), matcã (bed, channel, layer, mother bee, queen, source), ultim (back, bottommost, closing, eventual, extreme, final, finishing, hindmost, last, late, lowest, rear, rearmost, rearward, recent, supreme, ultimate, utmost), temei (base, basis, depth, ground, grounding, rudiment, spring), sonda (bore, canvass, explore, fathom, feel the pulse, Plumb, probe, sound), soclu (base, bed, dado, footing, pedestal, socle, truss), se duce la fund, pune fund la, poponeţ, esenţã (base, being, content, core, cream, essence, essential, extract, gist, kernel, kind, marrow, materiality, meat, pith, quiddity, quintessence, substance, sum), parte de jos (back), extremitate (climax, end, excess, extreme, extremity, outside, termination, tip), inferior (base, below the mark, coarse, feeble, inferior, less, lesser, lower, mean, Nether, penny-a-line, second, subordinate, under), goli pânã la fund, fundamenta pe, fund (back, background, buttocks, crown, depth, end, floor, ground, head, rear, seat, sole), fort (blockhouse, Fort, frontier, stronghold, work), fond (background, content, elements, essence, field, fund, gist, ground, groundwork, gut, matter, spine, staple, stock, substance, sum, supply), vale (dale, Glen, hollow, pan, river, stream, Vale, valley), picioarele proprii. (various references) | |
Russian | фундамент (base, basement, bed, bedding, footing, foundation, groundwork, sole, substruction, substructure), вникать низ .нижний, основание (account, base, bases, basis, bed, bedding, cause, establishment, evidence, foot, foundation, ground, grounding, pedestal, radices, radix, raison, reason, sole, subbase, substratum, substructure, underlay), низ, лещадь, приделывать дно, подводная часть судна (careen), под (below, beneath, climb, hearth, under, under both, underneath), добираться до сути (down to the bottom, get to the back of), дно (cover, floor), днище (bilge). (various references) | |
Scottish | màs (bottom of any vessel, buttock, foundation, ground, hip, the buttock), grunnd. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | zasnivati (base, establish), suština (being, essence, essentiality, gist, habitude, heart, inwardness, marrow, matter of fact, nub, pith, quiddity, quintessence, self, soul, substance, substantiality, vitals), osnova (base, basis, footing, foundation, grassroots, ground, plane, radix, stem, substruction, warp), najniži (bottommost, lowermost, nethermost, rock bottom, undermost), graditi (build, erect, form), dubina (deep, deepness, depth, depths, profoundness, profundity), donji deo, doći do suštine (get to the bottom of), dno (ground, gutter, rock bottom). (various references) | |
Spanish | suelo (clearcole, deck, earth, floor, foundation, ground, grunt, land, soil), lado inferior, fondo (back, backdrop, background, deep, depth, floor, fund, ground, long distance, rock bottom, seat, term). (various references) | |
Swedish | botten (field, floor, foundation, ground, lousy). (various references) | |
Tagalog | ilálim (foundation, ground). (various references) | |
Thai | ส่วนที่ลึกที่สุด, ก้น (arris, arse, ass, bazoo, boodie, boody, bum, buns, butt, caboose, duff, gazoo, keester, keyster, khyber pass, kiester, kyber pass, labonza, rusty-dusty), ท้าย, ฐาน (bag), ต่ำสุด. (various references) | |
Turkish | alt (base, buttom, inferior, infra, infra-, lower, lower part, Nether, sub-, subordinate, under, underneath, underside). (various references) | |
Turkmen | teя (by no means, not at all), syrt (backside), dьяp (base, root), ast (below), aяaguз. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | сидіння (seat, sitting), фундамент (base, basement, basis, bedding, footing, foundation, ground, groundwork, substruction, substructure), торкатися дна, шукати причину, крайній (dire, extreme, extremistic, hindmost, marginal, out, outside, ultimate, utmost, uttermost), витривалість (durability, endurance, hardiness, lasting, persistence, stay), останній (aftermost, final, last, latter, rearmost, ultimate, utmost, uttermost), основа (backbone, base, basement, bases, basis, carcass, chain, foot, groundwork, pedestal, pediment, principle, root, source, substratum, substructure, underlay), низина (callow, hollow, lowland), низ, нижній (base, downmost, downstairs, lower, nethermore, under, underneath), причина (account, breeder, cause, occasion, reason, score), прилаштовувати дно, дно (base, floor). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | thấp nhất căn bản dốc túi đánh cược, sức dai bẻ gãy một lý lẽ tự lập không nhờ vả ai, phần dưới cùng, ngọn nguồn bản chất sức chịu đựng, cuối cùng (aftermost, backmost, closing, conclusive, eventually, finally, fine, finish, lastly, lattermost, rearmost, terminative, ultimate, ultimately), cuối (terminal). (various references) | |
Welsh | bo+n (base, breech, stump), tin (breech, rump, tail), gwaelod (sediment), godre (border, edge, skirt). (various references) | |
Yucatec | u bak'el it (backside, behind, buttocks, rump). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | culus, funde, fundis, fundo, fundum, fundus, sola, sole, soli, solis, solo, solum. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Mark Chapter 15, Verse 38 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai to katapetasma tou naou escisqh eiV duo apo anwqen ewV katw |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et velum templi scissum est in duo a sursum usque deorsum |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Ænd þas temples wah-irift wæs to-slitenon twa of ufewearden odðe niðeweard. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And the veil of the temple was rent atwo fro the hiyeste to bynethe. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And the vayle of the temple dyd rent in two peces from the toppe to the boottome. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And the vail of the temple was rent in two, from the top to the bottom. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And the curtain of the Temple was parted in two from end to end. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Mark Chapter 15, Verse 38 |
| Cebuano | Ug ang tabil sa templo nagilis sa duha ka bahin gikan sa taas ngadto sa ubos. |
| Croatian | I zavjesa se hramska razdrije nadvoje, odozgor dodolje. |
| Danish | Og Forhænget i Templet splittedes i to fra øverst til nederst. |
| Dutch | En het voorhangsel des tempels scheurde in tweeen, van boven tot beneden. |
| Finnish | Mutta kun sadanpäämies, joka seisoi häntä vastapäätä, näki hänen näin antavan henkensä, sanoi hän: "Totisesti tämä ihminen oli Jumalan Poika". |
| French | Le voile du temple se déchira en deux, depuis le haut jusqu`en bas. |
| Gaelic | Agus sthracadh brat an teampuill na dha leth bho bhraighe gu iochdar. |
| German | Und der Vorhang im Tempel zerriß in zwei Stücke von obenan bis untenaus. |
| Haitian Creole | Rido ki te nan tanp lan chire an de moso depi anwo jouk anba. |
| Hungarian | És a templom kárpítja fölétõl aljáig ketté hasada. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Gorden yang tergantung di dalam Rumah Tuhan sobek menjadi dua dari atas sampai ke bawah. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka tirai Bait Allah cariklah terbelah dua, dari atas sampai ke bawah. |
| Latvian | Un priekðkars dievnamâ pârplîsa divâs daïâs no augðas lîdz apakðai. |
| Maori | A ka wahia te arai o te temepara i waenganui pu mai i runga ki raro. |
| Norwegian | Og forhenget i templet revnet i to stykker fra øverst til nederst. |
| Portuguese | Então o véu do santuário se rasgou em dois, de alto a baixo. |
| Rumanian | Perdeaua dinlquntrul Templului s`a rupt kn douq de sus pknq jos. |
| Shuar | Túramtai Yusa Uunt Jeen ejamu ninki jaanakmiayi, Yakíya Nunká. |
| Swahili | Basi, pazia la Hekalu likapasuka vipande viwili toka juu mpaka chini. |
| Swedish | Då rämnade förlåten i templet i två stycken, uppifrån och ända ned. |
| Uma | Nto'u toe, kain porini-olo' to tetoe hi rala Tomi Alata'ala mobika' ntongo' ngkai lolo-na rata hi une' -na. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "bottom": bottomed, bottomer, bottomers, bottoming, bottomland, bottomlands, bottomless, bottomlessly, bottomlessness, bottomlessnesses, bottommost, bottomries, bottomry, bottoms. (additional references) | |
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"Bottom" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: battlm, bettem, bettom, betton, biotron, Bitcom, bittom, Boeton, Boetto, bonton, Booton, botom, Botomba, boton, bottae, bottem, Botti, Bottomly, botton, Bottone, Buntom, buttom, buttox, Bytom, Lottum. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "bottom" (pronounced bÄ"tum) |
| 3 | -t u m | accustom, ageratum, antemortem, arboretum, atom, autumn, Bantam, momentum, phantom, quantum, centum, custom, datum, dictum, ecosystem, item, rectum, sanctum, stratum, subsystem, symptom, system, totem, ultimatum, verbatim, victim. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-m-o-o-t-t" | |
-1 letter: motto. | |
-2 letters: boom, boot, bott, moot, mott, otto, tomb, toom, toot. | |
-3 letters: boo, bot, mob, moo, mot, oot, tom, too, tot. | |
-4 letters: bo, mo, om, to. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-m-o-o-t-t" | |
+1 letter: bottoms. | |
+2 letters: bottomed, bottomer, bottomry. | |
+3 letters: bottomers, bottoming, motorboat, tombstone. | |
+4 letters: bottomland, bottomless, bottommost, bottomries, motorboats, thrombotic, tombstones, trombonist. | |
+5 letters: bottomlands, footlambert, motorboater, thrombocyte, trombonists. | |
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