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bottom
What does bottom mean?
bottom (noun): the lower side of anything.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use bottom in a sentence?
- They started at the bottom of the hill. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce bottom?
/ˈbɑtəm/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does bottom come from?
From Middle English botme, botom, from Old English botm, bodan (“bottom, foundation; ground, abyss”), from Proto-West Germanic *butm, from Proto-Germanic *butmaz, *budmaz (“bottom; ground”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn (“bottom”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of bottom?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
Test yourself: do you know “bottom”?
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What does “bottom” mean?
concentration of attention
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the lower side of anything
Right! That's what “bottom” means.
a separate part of a whole
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a spoken or written remark
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Which word is closest in meaning to “bottom”?
character
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underside
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community
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situation
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