bottom

ˈbɒ.təm

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#1·1d ago

The lowest part of anything.

Footers appear at the bottoms of pages.

Origin: From , from , from , from , from . Cognate with , bottom, , , , boom, boôm, , , , , , , , , , bunn, ; also , (whence , via ), , , , անդունդք, , , . The noun sense is first attested in 1794; the verb sense is first attested in 1808. The term the last dollar one has is first attested in 1882. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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#2·1d ago

The fundamental part; a basic aspect.

I walked to the bottom of the street.

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#3·1d ago

The remotest or innermost part of something.

There’s a fairy at the bottom of my garden.

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