btm

Noun

bottom (countable and uncountable, plural bottoms)

1. The lowest part of anything.
   • barrels with the bottoms knocked out1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter XIII, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and...

   Synonyms:

   base

   Antonyms:

   top

   1. The lowest or last position in a rank.
      • The Red Sox are at the bottom again.
   2. (often, plural) A garment worn to cover the body below the torso.
      • There’s a hole in her pyjama bottoms.
   3. (figuratively, often) The lowest part of a container.
      • In Ireland, where 14.5% of the population are jobless, emigration has climbed steadily since 2008, when Lehman Brothers collapsed and the bottom fell out of the Irish housing market. In the 12 months to April this year, 40,200 Irish passport-holders left, up from 27,700 the previous year, according...2011 December 21, Helen Pidd, “Europeans migrate south as continent drifts deeper into crisis”, in the Guardian
   4. Spirits poured into a glass before adding soda water.
   5. The second half of an inning, the home team's turn at bat.
      • bottom of the ninth, bases loaded, two outs

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