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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈbɒtəm/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈbɑtəm/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(bot′əm)

Collocations for "bottom"


Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "bottom" in context.

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bottom

ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.
n
  1. [see, go to, read until] the bottom of the page
  2. from the (very) bottom of my heart
  3. [sank, floated] (down) to the bottom of the [pool, lake, glass]
  4. [found, recovered] [at, from] the bottom of the [pool]
  5. [fell, slid, tripped] down to the bottom of the [stairs, hill, mountain]
  6. get to the bottom of the [mystery, issue, problem]
  7. is at the bottom of his [class, school]
  8. at the very bottom (of)
  9. at the bottom of the [pile, glass, stairs, list, hill, well]
  10. on the bottom of my shoe
  11. has a [round, rounded, flat, glass] bottom
  12. has a [big, fat] bottom
  13. the bottom of a [well, hole, pit]
  14. the [workers, employees] at the bottom
  15. [really, scraping] the bottom of the barrel
  16. bottoms up!
  17. from top to bottom
  18. from the bottom to the top (of)
  19. has hit rock bottom
  20. [spanked, slapped, looked at] his bottom
  21. [pajama, tracksuit, jogging] bottoms
  22. baseball: the bottom of the [sixth, ninth]
adj
  1. the bottom [floor, shelf, position]
  2. [relegated, demoted] to the bottom league
  3. [put in, assigned to] the bottom class
  4. is in the bottom bracket (of)
  5. on the bottom rung (of the ladder)
  6. at the bottom end of the [range, market]
  7. the bottom line is that
  8. (and) that's the bottom line
  9. bet your bottom dollar
  10. bottom shelf [wine, liquor]
  11. a bottom feeder [fish, species]
  12. [shellfish, crabs, cuttlefish] are bottom [feeders, dwellers]
v
  1. the [car, truck] bottomed out
  2. the [stock, profits, economy] bottomed out
  3. the [statistics, data] bottomed out
  4. bottomed out [rapidly, over time]
  5. inflation bottomed out at [3.5%]
  6. the temperature bottomed out at [minus 3] (degrees)
  7. bottomed at [100, $25, 3%]
  8. bottomed in [October, 2015]
  9. bottom a [sub, submarine, vessel]
additional examples
  1. the [car, truck] bottomed out
  2. the bottom [floor, shelf, position]
  3. [see, go to, read until] the bottom of the page
  4. [relegated, demoted] to the bottom league
  5. the [stock, profits, economy] bottomed out
  6. from the (very) bottom of my heart
  7. [put in, assigned to] the bottom class
  8. the [statistics, data] bottomed out
  9. [sank, floated] (down) to the bottom of the [pool, lake, glass]
  10. is in the bottom bracket (of)
  11. bottomed out [rapidly, over time]
  12. [found, recovered] [at, from] the bottom of the [pool]
  13. inflation bottomed out at [3.5%]
  14. [fell, slid, tripped] down to the bottom of the [stairs, hill, mountain]
  15. on the bottom rung (of the ladder)
  16. the temperature bottomed out at [minus 3] (degrees)
  17. get to the bottom of the [mystery, issue, problem]
  18. at the bottom end of the [range, market]
  19. bottomed at [100, $25, 3%]
  20. is at the bottom of his [class, school]
  21. the bottom line is that
  22. bottomed in [October, 2015]
  23. (and) that's the bottom line
  24. at the very bottom (of)
  25. at the bottom of the [pile, glass, stairs, list, hill, well]
  26. bottom a [sub, submarine, vessel]
  27. a bottom-up [approach, campaign, company]
  28. bet your bottom dollar
  29. on the bottom of my shoe
  30. bottom shelf [wine, liquor]
  31. has a [round, rounded, flat, glass] bottom
  32. a bottom feeder [fish, species]
  33. has a [big, fat] bottom
  34. the bottom of a [well, hole, pit]
  35. bottom-dwelling [creatures, organisms, fish]
  36. the [workers, employees] at the bottom
  37. [shellfish, crabs, cuttlefish] are bottom [feeders, dwellers]
  38. [really, scraping] the bottom of the barrel
  39. bottoms up!
  40. from top to bottom
  41. from the bottom to the top (of)
  42. has hit rock bottom
  43. [spanked, slapped, looked at] his bottom
  44. [pajama, tracksuit, jogging] bottoms
  45. baseball: the bottom of the [sixth, ninth]
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'bottom' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
brown - climb - concentrate - cut - force - hit - number - remain - sink - stand - corner - crap - description - fall - heart - hill - hire - layer - line - food - stream - side - shelf - page - note - back - stuck - smooth - on - mansion - cliff - cove - dial - dollar - drawer - dresser - muffin - ranking - refrigerator - seam - sludge - waterfall - whack - button - fourth - gum - hierarchy - scroll - tumble - attach

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