bottom

English

/ˈbɒtəm/, /ˈbɑtəm/

noun
Definitions
  • The lowest part of anything.
  • (uncountable) Character, reliability, staying power, dignity, integrity or sound judgment.
  • (now) Low-lying land; a valley or hollow.
  • The buttocks or anus.
  • (nautical) A cargo vessel, a ship.
  • (nautical) Certain parts of a vessel, particularly the cargo hold or the portion of the ship that is always underwater.
  • (baseball) The second half of an inning, the home team's turn at bat.
  • (BDSM) A submissive in sadomasochistic sexual activity.
  • (LGBT) A person with a preference for being penetrated during sexual intercourse.
  • (physics) A bottom quark.
  • (often) The lowest part of a container.
  • A ball or skein of thread; a cocoon.
  • The bed of a body of water, as of a river, lake, or sea.
  • An abyss.
  • (obsolete) Power of endurance.
  • (obsolete) Dregs or grounds; lees; sediment.
  • (usually: bottoms or bottomland) Low-lying land near a river with alluvial soil.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English botme inherited from Old English botm (bottom) derived from Proto-Germanic *budmaz, *butmaz inherited from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn (bottom, earth).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*bʰudʰmḗn

Gloss

bottom, earth

Concept
Semantic Field

The physical world

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

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