bottom

bot|tom1 [ `batəm ] noun ***

▸ 1 lowest/deepest part

▸ 2 part farthest from you

▸ 3 lowest level in status

▸ 4 part of body you sit on

▸ 5 pants

▸ + PHRASES

1. ) singular the lowest part of something:

The page had a line missing from the bottom.

bottom of: She ran down to the bottom of the hill.

at the bottom (of something): The date and time are shown at the bottom of your screen.

a pain at the bottom of my back

a ) the lowest surface of an object, on the inside or outside:

bottom of: Read what it says on the bottom of the box.

I can't get the bottom of this pan clean.

b ) the deepest part of the ocean or of a pool, lake, or river:

Can you touch the bottom?

bottom of: creatures that live at the bottom of the ocean

2. ) singular the part of something that is furthest away from where you are:

bottom of: There's an apple tree at the bottom of our garden.

Go to the bottom of the street and turn left.

3. ) singular the lowest level or position, in status or success:

start at the bottom: She started at the bottom and ended up running the company.

=> ROCK BOTTOM

4. ) count the part of your body that you sit on:

Try to keep the baby's bottom dry.

5. ) bottoms plural the pants of a set of loose clothes or sports clothes. The other part is called the top:

pajama bottoms

at bottom FORMAL

used when explaining the basic cause or nature of something:

Most of these arguments are, at bottom, motivated by a fear of change.

be at the bottom of something

to be the true cause of something:

His jealousy is at the bottom of most of our problems.

the bottom drops out of/falls out of something

used for saying that something stops being successful or stops making money, often because people stop buying a product:

Analysts are warning that the bottom could soon fall out of the market.

the bottom of the 6th/9th etc.

the second half of an INNING in baseball

bottoms up

used for expressing good wishes before drinking an alcoholic drink. The more usual word is cheers.

from the bottom of my heart

used for emphasizing that you are very sincere about something

get to the bottom of something

to find out the true cause or explanation of a bad situation

bottom

bot|tom 2 [ `batəm ] adjective **

1. ) only before noun in the lowest place or part:

She sat on the bottom step.

the bottom half of the page

Click on the Start button in the bottom left-hand corner of the screen.

2. ) at the lowest level or position, in status or success:

people in the bottom 25% of the earnings table

come bottom (=get the worst result in a test or examination): In the last spelling test, I came bottom.

bottom

bot|tom 3 [ `batəm ] verb

,bottom `out phrasal verb intransitive

if something such as an economy or price bottoms out, it reaches its lowest level before starting to improve again:

Real estate values are still falling, and show no signs of bottoming out.