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plural of bottom
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1
the side or part facing downward from something
- that side of the shelf is supposed to be the bottom, so turn it over before you assemble the bookcase
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3
the lowest part, place, or point
- sliding all the way to the bottom of the snow-covered slope
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4
the part of the body upon which someone sits
- the baby fell backwards onto her bottom
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- backsides,
- behinds,
- booties
- [slang],
- breeches,
- bums,
- buns,
- buttocks,
- butts,
- cabooses,
- cans,
- cheeks,
- derrieres
- (or derrières),
- duffs,
- fannies,
- fundaments,
- hams,
- haunches,
- heinies
- [slang],
- hunkers,
- keisters
- (also keesters)
- [slang],
- nates,
- posteriors,
- rear ends,
- rears,
- rumps,
- seats,
- tail ends,
- tails,
- tushes
- [slang]
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a small buoyant structure for travel on water
- the cargo will be carried by a local bottom
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- bateaux
- (also batteaux),
- caïques,
- canoes,
- catamarans,
- coracles,
- curraghs
- (or currachs),
- dhows,
- dinghies,
- dinks,
- dories,
- dugouts,
- flatboats,
- garveys,
- gigs,
- johnboats,
- kayaks,
- outriggers,
- paddleboats,
- pinnaces,
- piraguas,
- pirogues,
- pontoons,
- prams,
- punts,
- rafts,
- rowboats,
- rowing boats
- [chiefly British],
- sampans,
- scows,
- sculls,
- shallops,
- shells,
- skiffs,
- surfboats,
- umiaks,
- wherries
- ferries,
- ferryboats,
- gondolas,
- taxis
- (also taxies),
- water taxis
6
the lowest point or level
- when profits hit bottom the company was forced to declare bankruptcy
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- crescendos
- (also crescendoes or crescendi),
- highs
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7
an immaterial thing upon which something else rests
- the bottom of his thesis is the assumption that people are fundamentally good
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- anchorages,
- beds,
- braces,
- bulwarks,
- buttresses,
- frameworks,
- infrastructures,
- mounts,
- props,
- shores,
- stays,
- substrata,
- substructures,
- supports
- assumptions,
- justifications,
- premises
- (also premisses),
- presumptions,
- presuppositions,
- rationales,
- suppositions,
- theories,
- theses,
- warrants
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