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1. The lower side of anything
   - underside, undersurface
    
2. The lowest part of anything
   "they started at the bottom of the hill"
    
3. The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
   - buttocks, nates, butt, backside, bum, buns [N. Amer], can [N. Amer], fundament, hindquarters, hind end, posterior, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush [N. Amer], behind, derriere, heinie [US], derrière
    
4. The second half of an inning; while the home team is at bat
   - bottom of the inning
    
5. A depression forming the ground under a body of water
   - bed
    
6. Low-lying alluvial land near a river
   - bottomland
    
7. A cargo ship
   "they did much of their overseas trade in foreign bottoms"
   - freighter, merchantman, merchant ship

1. Provide with a bottom or a seat
   "bottom the chairs"
    
2. Strike the ground, as with a ship's bottom
    
3. Come to understand
   - penetrate, fathom

1. Situated at the bottom or lowest position
   "the bottom drawer"
    
2. The lowest rank
   "bottom member of the class"

Derived forms: bottoms, bottoming, bottomed

See also: bottommost, inferior, lowermost, nether, nethermost, worst

Type of: body part, bout, cargo ship, cargo vessel, collide with, depression, face, furnish, ground, hit, impinge on, land, natural depression, part, provide, region, render, round, run into, side, soil, strike, supply, turn, understand

Antonym: side, top

Part of: body, frame, inning, torso, trunk

Encyclopedia: Bottom Bottom, North Carolina