[ˈbɒtəm], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the lowest point or part of something
(e.g: the bottom of the page)

- a person's buttocks
(e.g: he climbs the side of the gorge, scratching his bottom unselfconsciously)

- stamina or strength of character
(e.g: whatever his faults, he possesses that old-fashioned quality—bottom)

- a man who takes the passive role in anal intercourse with another man


Phrases:
- at bottom
- be at the bottom of
- bottom of the harbour
- bottoms up!
- from the bottom up
- get to the bottom of
- knock the bottom out of
- the bottom falls out
- you can bet your bottom dollar

Origin:
Old English botm, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch bodem ‘bottom, ground’ and German Boden ‘ground, earth’

[ˈbɒtəm], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- in the lowest position
(e.g: the books on the bottom shelf)

- denoting a flavour (variety) of unstable quark having an electric charge of -1/3. Bottom quarks have similar properties to down quarks and strange quarks, but are distinguished from them by having a larger mass


Phrases:
- at bottom
- be at the bottom of
- bottom of the harbour
- bottoms up!
- from the bottom up
- get to the bottom of
- knock the bottom out of
- the bottom falls out
- you can bet your bottom dollar

Origin:
Old English botm, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch bodem ‘bottom, ground’ and German Boden ‘ground, earth’

[ˈbɒtəm], (Verb)

Definitions:
- (of a situation) reach the lowest point before stabilizing or improving
(e.g: encouraging signs suggested the recession was bottoming out)

- (of a ship) reach or touch the ground under the sea
(e.g: nuclear submarines cannot bottom)


Phrases:
- at bottom
- be at the bottom of
- bottom of the harbour
- bottoms up!
- from the bottom up
- get to the bottom of
- knock the bottom out of
- the bottom falls out
- you can bet your bottom dollar

Origin:
Old English botm, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch bodem ‘bottom, ground’ and German Boden ‘ground, earth’