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bottom

 
/ˈbɑt̬·əm/ n [C usually sing] (LOWEST PART)

Definition

the lowest part of something: He stood at the bottom of the stairs and called up to me. A bottom is the lower part of an item of clothing that consists of two parts: pajama bottoms The bottom is also the least important position: The manager of the hotel started at the bottom 30 years ago.
(Definition of bottom n (LOWEST PART) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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