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How to pronounce bottom
Say it like this: /ˈbɑ.təm/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does bottom mean?
nounThe lowest part of anything.
“Footers appear at the bottoms of pages.”
The lowest or last position in a rank.
“The Red Sox are at the bottom again.”
A garment worn to cover the body below the torso.
“There’s a hole in her pyjama bottoms.”
verbTo furnish (something) with a bottom.
“to bottom a chair”
To pour spirits into (a glass to be topped up with soda water).
To wind (like a ball of thread etc.).
“As you vnwinde her loue from him, / Lest it should rauel and be good to none, / You must prouide to bottome it on me.”
adjThe lowest or last place or position.
“Those files should go on the bottom shelf.”
Relating to the genitals.
“bottom dysphoria”
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