What does bottom mean?
Word: Bottom
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Bottom means the lowest part of something, like the bottom of a box or the bottom of a hill.
Synonyms: base, foot
How do you spell bottom?
Syllables: bot - tom
Tricky part: Bottom has a double t in the middle. Said quickly it sounds like one t, so children often write botom.
Watch out for: botom, bootom
Memory tip: Picture two tall t's standing side by side in the middle of bottom, like the two legs that hold up a stool.
Idioms and Phrases
- from the bottom of my heart: very truly and sincerely Example: "Thank you from the bottom of my heart for the gift."
- get to the bottom of: find out the real reason for something Example: "Ma will get to the bottom of who broke the vase."
Bottom in a sentence
Example 1: My marble rolled to the bottom of the slide.
Example 2: Write your name at the bottom of the page.
Example 3: There were three coins at the bottom of the well.
Fun Fact
Bottom is also the name of a funny character in Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream: Nick Bottom, a weaver whose head is magically turned into a donkey's.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word:
bottom
a) corner
b) top
c) back
d) side
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b) top. The bottom is the lowest part and the top is the highest.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
tmobot
a) bottmo
b) obttom
c) bttoom
d) bottom
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d) bottom. Keep the two t's together and finish with the sound you hear at the end.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
Dev found his lost sock at the bottum of the bag.
a) lost
b) bottum
c) found
d) bag
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b) bottum. Bottum has a u where bottom has its second o.
Word Cookie
Insert the correct letter to form a word:
b_ttom
a) i
b) a
c) e
d) o
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d) o. The first vowel of bottom is o, as in hot.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What grows at the bottom of a tree, under the soil?
a) the roots
b) the leaves
c) the fruit
d) the top twigs
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a) the roots
2. If a book is at the bottom of the pile, it is ____.
a) under all the others
b) on top of all the others
c) in the middle of the pile
d) standing beside the pile
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a) under all the others
