1. The lower side of anything
   "The bottom of the leaf was covered in tiny hairs";
   - underside, undersurface, underneath
    
2. The lowest part of anything
   "they started at the bottom of the hill"
    
3. [informal] The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
   "he deserves a good kick in the bottom";
   - buttocks, nates [informal, technical], butt [N. Amer, informal], backside [informal], bum [Brit, informal], buns [N. Amer, informal], can [N. Amer, informal], fundament [informal], hindquarters [informal], hind end [informal], posterior [informal], rear [informal], rear end [informal], rump [informal], stern [informal], seat [informal], tail [N. Amer, informal], tail end [informal], tooshie [informal], tush [N. Amer, informal], behind [informal], derriere [informal], patootie [US, informal], botty [informal], duff [N. Amer, informal], bahookie [UK, dialect, informal], booty [N. Amer, informal], heinie [US, informal], tushy [N. Amer, informal], derrière [informal]
    
4. A depression forming the ground under a body of water
   "he searched for treasure on the ocean bottom";
   - bed
    
5. Low-lying alluvial land near a river
   "The fertile bottom was ideal for farming";
   - bottomland
    
6. The second half of an inning; while the home team is at bat
   "The home team rallied in the bottom of the ninth";
   - bottom of the inning
    
7. A cargo ship
   "they did much of their overseas trade in foreign bottoms";
   - freighter, merchantman, merchant ship

1. Situated at the bottom or lowest position
   "the bottom drawer"
    
2. The lowest rank
   "bottom member of the class"

1. Come to understand
   "He finally bottomed the complex theory";
   - penetrate, fathom
    
2. (cabinetwork) provide with a bottom or a seat
   "bottom the chairs"
    
3. Strike the ground, as with a ship's bottom
   "The boat bottomed on a sandbar"
    
4. Fall to or reach the lowest point or value
   "the market bottomed at a record low"

Derived forms: bottomed, bottoms, bottoming

See also: bottommost, inferior, lowermost, nether, nethermost, worst

Type of: body part, bout, cargo ship, cargo vessel, collide with, depression, face, furnish, ground, hit, impact, impinge on, land, natural depression, offer, part, provide, region, render, round, run into, side, soil, strike, supply, turn, understand

Antonym: side, top

Part of: body, frame, inning, torso, trunk

Encyclopedia: Bottom, Daniel