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3 N‑COUNT The bottom of an object is the flat surface at its lowest point. You can also refer to the inside or outside of this surface as the bottom . □  Spread the onion slices on the bottom of the dish. □  …the bottom of their shoes. □  …a suitcase with a false bottom.

4 N‑SING If you say that the bottom has dropped or fallen out of a market or industry, you mean that people have stopped buying the products it sells. [BUSINESS , JOURNALISM ] □  The bottom had fallen out of the city's property market.

5 N‑SING The bottom of a street or garden is the end farthest away from you or from your house. [BRIT ] □ [+ of ] …the Cathedral at the bottom of the street. in AM, usually use end 6 N‑SING The bottom of a table is the end farthest away from where you are sitting. The bottom of a bed is the end where you usually rest your feet. [BRIT ] □ [+ of ] Malone sat down on the bottom of the bed. in AM, usually use end 7 N‑SING The bottom of an organization or career structure is the lowest level in it, where new employees often start. □  He had worked in the theatre for many years, starting at the bottom. □ [+ of ] …a contract researcher at the bottom of the pay scale.

8 N‑SING If someone is bottom or at the bottom in a survey, test, or league, their performance is worse than that of all the other people involved. □ [+ of ] He was always bottom of the class. □ [+ of ] The team is close to bottom of the League.

9 N‑COUNT [oft poss N ] Your bottom is the part of your body that you sit on. □  If there was one thing she could change about her body it would be her bottom.

10 N‑COUNT [usu pl, oft n N ] The lower part of a bikini, tracksuit, or pair of pyjamas can be referred to as the bottoms or the bottom . □  She wore blue tracksuit bottoms. □  …a skimpy bikini bottom.

11 → see also -bottomed , rock bottom

12 PHRASE You use at bottom to emphasize that you are stating what you think is the real nature of something or the real truth about a situation. [EMPHASIS ] □  The two systems are, at bottom, conceptual models. □  At bottom, such an attitude is born out of fear of losing you.

13 PHRASE If something is at the bottom of a problem or unpleasant situation, it is the real cause of it. □  Often I find that anger and resentment are at the bottom of the problem.

14 PHRASE You can say that you mean something from the bottom of your heart to emphasize that you mean it very sincerely. [EMPHASIS ] □  I'm happy, and I mean that from the bottom of my heart. □  I want to thank everyone from the bottom of my heart.

15 PHRASE If you want to get to the bottom of a problem, you want to solve it by finding out its real cause. □  I have to get to the bottom of this mess.

16to scrape the bottom of the barrel → see barrel

▸  bottom out PHRASAL VERB If a trend such as a fall in prices bottoms out , it stops getting worse or decreasing, and remains at a particular level or amount. [JOURNALISM ] □ [V P ] He expects the recession to bottom out. COLLOCATIONS bottom NOUN

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verb + bottom : near, reach

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noun + bottom : bikini, jogging, pyjama, tracksuit

-bottomed /-bɒ təmd/ COMB -bottomed can be added to adjectives or nouns to form adjectives that indicate what kind of bottom an object or person has. □  …a glass-bottomed boat.

bot|tom|less /bɒ təmləs/

1 ADJ If you describe a supply of something as bottomless , you mean that it seems so large that it will never run out. □  Mum does not have a bottomless purse.

2 ADJ If you describe something as bottomless , you mean that it is so deep that it seems to have no bottom. □  His eyes were like bottomless brown pools.