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bottom of the hour

bottom of the hour noun: the time at (or very close to) half the next hour of time.

Noun

bottom of the hour (plural bottoms of the hour or bottoms of the hours)

  1. The time at (or very close to) half the next hour of time.
    • At seven o'clock, he said to get in touch with him again at the bottom of the hour, so I called him back at seven thirty.

bottom of the hour meaning in Tamil

bottom of the hour in Tamil

நிமிடமுள் நேர்கீழ் வரும் நேரம்

Antonyms of bottom of the hour

Forms of bottom of the hour

pluralbottoms of the hour
pluralbottoms of the hours

Origin of bottom of the hour

Refers to the time when the position of the long hand is pointing toward the number 6, or exactly halfway between the preceding hour and the upcoming one.

Questions about bottom of the hour

What does bottom of the hour mean?
Bottom of the hour means the time at (or very close to) half the next hour of time.
What is bottom of the hour in Tamil?
Bottom of the hour in Tamil is நிமிடமுள் நேர்கீழ் வரும் நேரம். See Bottom of the hour meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is bottom of the hour?
Bottom of the hour is a noun.
What is the plural of bottom of the hour?
The plural of bottom of the hour is bottoms of the hour.

Words near bottom of the hour in the dictionary

  1. bottom liver
  2. bottom livers
  3. bottom man
  4. bottom of the barrel
  5. bottom of the harbour
  6. bottom of the hour
  7. bottom of the line
  8. bottom of the ninth
  9. bottom of the sea
  10. bottom of the table
  11. bottom on

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bottom of the hour (page history and authors); bottom of the hour (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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