Bottom End Adjective Bre ˈbɒtəm ˈbɑːtəm Line Page

• the bottom line (on a page)
• your bottom lip
• the bottom step (of a flight of stairs)
• on the bottom shelf

bottom

1. in the lowest, last or furthest place or position
• the bottom line (on a page)
• your bottom lip
• the bottom step (of a flight of stairs)
• on the bottom shelf
• Put your clothes in the bottom drawer.
• Their house is at the bottom end of Bury Road (= the end furthest from where you enter the road).
• in the bottom right-hand corner of the page
• the bottom end of the price range
• to go up a hill in bottom gear
• We came bottom (= got the worst result) with 12 points.
2. used to say that you are certain that something will happen
• You can bet your bottom dollar that he'll be late.

Word Origin

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