Meaning of bottom In English

• 0 the lowest part of something:

  • He stood at the bottom of the stairs and called up to me.

  • Extra information will be found at the bottom of the page.

  • The ship had sunk to the bottom of the sea/the sea bottom.

  • At school, Einstein was (at the) bottom of (= the least successful student in) his class.

  • The manager of the hotel started at the bottom (= in one of the least important jobs) 30 years ago, as a porter.

  • The rich usually get richer, while the people at the bottom (= at the lowest position in society) stay there.

  • I've found my bikini bottoms but not my top.

  • Have you seen my pyjama bottoms anywhere?

• 1 the farthest part of something:

  • His feet stuck out from the bottom of the bed.

  • UK They live at the bottom of our street (= the other end of the street from us).

• 2 the part of your body that you sit on:

  • She slipped and fell on her bottom.

• 3 the lowest part of something:

  • He stood at the bottom of the stairs and called up to me.

  • pajama bottoms

  • The manager of the hotel started at the bottom 30 years ago.

• 4 the buttocks

• 5 the lowest or worst level of something:

  • hit/reach bottom The Nasdaq fell 29.5% but investors recouped all of their losses 7 weeks after stocks hit bottom.

  • at the bottom There was a job for him in the company, as long as he was prepared to start at the bottom.

  • at the bottom of sth The time to buy is at the bottom of a recession.

• 6 the lowest part of something:

  • at the bottom (of sth) Click on "save page" at the bottom of the page.

• 7 used when a product or share has reached its lowest price and people have stopped buying it:

  • The dot-com bubble burst and the bottom fell out of the tech market.

  • When the bottom dropped out of the stock market, he lost money.

• 8 lowest in a range of levels:

  • the bottom end/level The flotation could produce a £132m profit at the top end of the range and £59m at the bottom end.

  • That still leaves us in the bottom half of spending levels in the EU.

• 9 lowest in position:

  • the bottom corner/edge/part The navigation buttons are in the bottom part of the window.