Dictionary entry details
• BOTTOM (noun)
Meaning:
The lower side of anything
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
undersurface; underside; bottom
Hypernyms ("bottom" is a kind of...):
face; side (a surface forming part of the outside of an object)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bottom"):
base (a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit)
bilge (where the sides of the vessel curve in to form the bottom)
heel (the bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground and provides elevation)
sole (the underside of footwear or a golf club)
underbelly (lower side)
Meaning:
The lowest part of anything
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Context example:
they started at the bottom of the hill
Hypernyms ("bottom" is a kind of...):
part; region (the extended spatial location of something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bottom"):
rock bottom (the absolute bottom)
base ((anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment)
foot (the lower part of anything)
Meaning:
The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
hind end; hindquarters; keister; nates; posterior; prat; rear end; tooshie; tush; fanny; derriere; buttocks; arse; buns; ass; behind; fundament; backside; seat; rump; tail end; bottom; stern; tail; can; rear; bum; butt
Context examples:
he deserves a good kick in the butt / are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?
Hypernyms ("bottom" is a kind of...):
body part (any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity)
Holonyms ("bottom" is a part of...):
body; torso; trunk (the body excluding the head and neck and limbs)
Meaning:
The second half of an inning; while the home team is at bat
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
bottom of the inning; bottom
Hypernyms ("bottom" is a kind of...):
bout; round; turn ((sports) a period of play during which one team is on the offensive)
Holonyms ("bottom" is a part of...):
frame; inning (a period of play in baseball during which each team has a turn at bat)
Antonym:
top (the first half of an inning; while the visiting team is at bat)
Meaning:
A depression forming the ground under a body of water
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
bed; bottom
Context example:
he searched for treasure on the ocean bed
Hypernyms ("bottom" is a kind of...):
depression; natural depression (a sunken or depressed geological formation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bottom"):
lake bed; lake bottom (the bottom of a lake)
Davy Jones; Davy Jones's locker; ocean bottom; ocean floor; sea bottom; seabed (the bottom of a sea or ocean)
river bottom; riverbed (a channel occupied (or formerly occupied) by a river)
creek bed; streambed (a channel occupied (or formerly occupied) by a stream)
Meaning:
Low-lying alluvial land near a river
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
bottomland; bottom
Hypernyms ("bottom" is a kind of...):
ground; land; soil (material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use))
Meaning:
A cargo ship
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
freighter; merchant ship; merchantman; bottom
Context example:
they did much of their overseas trade in foreign bottoms
Hypernyms ("bottom" is a kind of...):
cargo ship; cargo vessel (a ship designed to carry cargo)
• BOTTOM (adjective)
Meaning:
Situated at the bottom or lowest position
Context example:
the bottom drawer
Similar:
bottommost; lowermost; nethermost (farthest down)
inferior (lower than a given reference point)
nether (lower)
Antonym:
side (located on a side)
top (situated at the top or highest position)
Meaning:
The lowest rank
Context example:
bottom member of the class
Similar:
worst ((superlative of 'bad') most wanting in quality or value or condition)
• BOTTOM (verb)
Meaning:
Provide with a bottom or a seat
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Context example:
bottom the chairs
Hypernyms (to "bottom" is one way to...):
furnish; provide; render; supply (provide or furnish with)
Domain category:
cabinetry; cabinetwork (the craft of making furniture (especially furniture of high quality))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Strike the ground, as with a ship's bottom
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "bottom" is one way to...):
collide with; hit; impinge on; run into; strike (hit against; come into sudden contact with)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Come to understand
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
fathom; penetrate; bottom
Hypernyms (to "bottom" is one way to...):
understand (know and comprehend the nature or meaning of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
