Definitions
The lowest part, underside, or lowest rank.
Word origin
From Middle English botme, botom, from Old English botm, bodan (“bottom, foundation; ground, abyss”), from Proto-West Germanic *butm, from Proto-Germanic *butmaz, *budmaz (“bottom; ground”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn (“bottom”).
Used in a sentence
“barrels with the bottoms knocked out”
“a great ship’s kettle of iron, with the bottom knocked out”
“At the bottom of the staircase I stood and stared at the worn steps, and Ayesha, turning, saw me.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Lowest part”6 letters
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