false bottom
noun
: a panel that looks like the drawer's bottom but that can be removed to expose more space
One of the drawers has a false bottom.
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In fact, the heist got so much attention that Peruggia decided not to try to sell it and stashed it away in the false bottom of a trunk instead.
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NPR, 20 Oct. 2025
Officers searched the car and found a tube of caulk with a false bottom, hiding 2.5 grams of methamphetamine, .5 grams of heroin, three blue M-30 pills containing fentanyl and 3.5 grams of DMT, according to a Dec. 20 Cottonwood police Facebook post.
—Caitlin McGlade, The Arizona Republic, 23 Dec. 2024
Even more mysterious, this false bottom seemed to shift over the course of the day.
—WIRED, 9 Dec. 2023
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NPR, 20 Oct. 2025
Officers searched the car and found a tube of caulk with a false bottom, hiding 2.5 grams of methamphetamine, .5 grams of heroin, three blue M-30 pills containing fentanyl and 3.5 grams of DMT, according to a Dec. 20 Cottonwood police Facebook post.
—Caitlin McGlade, The Arizona Republic, 23 Dec. 2024
Even more mysterious, this false bottom seemed to shift over the course of the day.
—WIRED, 9 Dec. 2023
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“False bottom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/false%20bottom. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.
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