Base vs. Bottom
Difference Between Base and Bottom
Basenoun
Something from which other things extend; a foundation.
Bottomnoun
The lowest part of anything.
Footers appear at the bottoms of pages.Basenoun
A supporting, lower or bottom component of a structure or object.
Bottomnoun
Character, reliability, staying power, dignity, integrity or sound judgment.
lack bottomBasenoun
The starting point of a logical deduction or thought; basis.
Bottomnoun
A valley, often used in place names.
Where shall we go for a walk? How about Ashcombe Bottom?Basenoun
A permanent structure for housing military personnel and material.
Bottomnoun
The buttocks or anus.
Basenoun
The place where decisions for an organization are made; headquarters.
Bottomnoun
(nautical) A cargo vessel, a ship.
Basenoun
A basic but essential component or ingredient.
Bottomnoun
(nautical) Certain parts of a vessel, particularly the cargo hold or the portion of the ship that is always underwater.
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A substance used as a mordant in dyeing.
Bottomnoun
(baseball) The second half of an inning, the home team's turn at bat.
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(cosmetics) Foundation: a cosmetic cream to make the face appear uniform.
Bottomnoun
(BDSM) A submissive in sadomasochistic sexual activity.
Basenoun
(chemistry) Any of a class of generally water-soluble compounds, having bitter taste, that turn red litmus blue, and react with acids to form salts.
Bottomnoun
A man penetrated or with a preference for being penetrated during homosexual intercourse.
Basenoun
Important areas in games and sports.
Bottomnoun
(physics) A bottom quark.
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A safe zone in the children's games of tag and hide-and-go-seek.
Bottomnoun
The lowest part of a container.
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(baseball) One of the three places that a runner can stand without being subject to being tagged out.
Bottomnoun
A ball or skein of thread; a cocoon.
Basenoun
(architecture) The lowermost part of a column, between the shaft and the pedestal or pavement.
Bottomnoun
The bed of a body of water, as of a river, lake, or sea.
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A nucleotide's nucleobase in the context of a DNA or RNA biopolymer.
Bottomnoun
An abyss.
Basenoun
(botany) The end of a leaf, petal or similar organ where it is attached to its support.
Bottomnoun
(obsolete) Power of endurance.
a horse of a good bottomBasenoun
(electronics) The name of the controlling terminal of a bipolar transistor (BJT).
Bottomnoun
(obsolete) Dregs or grounds; lees; sediment.
Basenoun
(geometry) The lowest side of a in a triangle or other polygon, or the lowest face of a cone, pyramid or other polyhedron laid flat.
Bottomnoun
(usually: bottoms or bottomland) Low-lying land near a river with alluvial soil.
Basenoun
(heraldry) The lowest third of a shield or escutcheon.
Bottomverb
To fall to the lowest point.
Basenoun
(heraldry) The lower part of the field. See escutcheon.
Bottomverb
To establish firmly; to found or justify on or upon something; to set on a firm footing; to set or rest on or upon something which provides support or authority.
Basenoun
(mathematics) A number raised to the power of an exponent.
The logarithm to base 2 of 8 is 3.Bottomverb
(intransitive) To rest, as upon an ultimate support; to be based or grounded.
Basenoun
(mathematics) lang=en.
Bottomverb
(intransitive) To reach or impinge against the bottom, so as to impede free action, as when the point of a cog strikes the bottom of a space between two other cogs, or a piston the end of a cylinder.
Basenoun
(topology) The set of sets from which a topology is generated.
Bottomverb
To wind round something, as in making a ball of thread.
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(topology) A topological space, looked at in relation to one of its covering spaces, fibrations, or bundles.
Bottomverb
(transitive) To furnish with a bottom.
to bottom a chairBasenoun
In hand-to-hand balance, the person who supports the flyer; the person that remains in contact with the ground.
Bottomverb
(intransitive) To be the submissive in a BDSM relationship or roleplay.
Basenoun
(linguistics) A morpheme (or morphemes) that serves as a basic foundation on which affixes can be attached.
Bottomverb
(intransitive) To be anally penetrated in gay sex.
I've never bottomed in my life.Basenoun
(music) lang=en
Bottomadjective
The lowest or last place or position.
Those files should go on the bottom shelf.Basenoun
The smallest kind of cannon.
Bottomnoun
the lower side of anything
Basenoun
(archaic) The housing of a horse.
Bottomnoun
the lowest part of anything;
they started at the bottom of the hillBasenoun
A kind of skirt (often of velvet or brocade, but sometimes of mailed armour) which hung from the middle to about the knees, or lower.
Bottomnoun
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on;
he deserves a good kick in the buttare you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?Basenoun
(obsolete) The lower part of a robe or petticoat.
Bottomnoun
the second half of an inning; while the home team is at bat
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(obsolete) An apron.
Bottomnoun
a depression forming the ground under a body of water;
he searched for treasure on the ocean bedBasenoun
A line in a survey which, being accurately determined in length and position, serves as the origin from which to compute the distances and positions of any points or objects connected with it by a system of triangles.
Bottomnoun
low-lying alluvial land near a river
Basenoun
The game of prisoners' bars.
Bottomnoun
a cargo ship;
they did much of their overseas trade in foreign bottomsBaseverb
(transitive) To give as its foundation or starting point; to lay the foundation of.
Bottomverb
provide with a bottom or a seat;
bottom the chairsBaseverb
(transitive) To be located (at a particular place).
Bottomverb
strike the ground, as with a ship's bottom
Baseverb
To act as a base; to be the person supporting the flyer.
Bottomverb
come to understand
Baseadjective
(obsolete) Low in height; short.
Bottomadjective
situated at the bottom or lowest position;
the bottom drawerthe top shelfBaseadjective
Low in place or position.
Bottomadjective
at the bottom; lowest or last;
the bottom priceBaseadjective
(obsolete) Of low value or degree.
Bottomadjective
the lowest rank;
bottom member of the classBaseadjective
(archaic) Of low social standing or rank; vulgar, common.
Baseadjective
Morally reprehensible, immoral; cowardly.
Baseadjective
Inferior; unworthy, of poor quality.
Baseadjective
Designating those metals which are not classed as precious or noble.
Baseadjective
Alloyed with inferior metal; debased.
base coinbase bullionBaseadjective
(obsolete) Of illegitimate birth; bastard.
Baseadjective
Not classical or correct.
base LatinBaseadjective
obsolete form of bass
the base tone of a violinBaseadjective
(legal) Not held by honourable service.
A base estate is one held by services not honourable, or held by villenage. Such a tenure is called base, or low, and the tenant is a base tenant.Basenoun
any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water;
bases include oxides and hydroxides of metals and ammoniaBasenoun
installation from which a military force initiates operations;
the attack wiped out our forward basesBasenoun
lowest support of a structure;
it was built on a base of solid rockhe stood at the foot of the towerBasenoun
place that runner must touch before scoring;
he scrambled to get back to the bagBasenoun
(numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place;
10 is the radix of the decimal systemBasenoun
the bottom or lowest part;
the base of the mountainBasenoun
(anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment;
the base of the skullBasenoun
a lower limit;
the government established a wage floorBasenoun
the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained;
the whole argument rested on a basis of conjectureBasenoun
a support or foundation;
the base of the lampBasenoun
the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed;
the base of the triangleBasenoun
the most important or necessary part of something;
the basis of this drink is orange juiceBasenoun
the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end
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an intensely anti-western terrorist network that dispenses money and logistical support and training to a wide variety of radical Islamic terrorist group; has cells in more than 50 countries
Basenoun
(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed;
thematic vowels are part of the stemBasenoun
the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area;
the industrial base of JapanBasenoun
the principal ingredient of a mixture;
glycerinated gelatin is used as a base for many ointmentshe told the painter that he wanted a yellow base with just a hint of greeneverything she cooked seemed to have rice as the baseBasenoun
a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit;
a tub should sit on its own baseBasenoun
(electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector
Baseverb
use as a basis for; found on;
base a claim on some observationBaseverb
use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes
Baseverb
assign to a station
Baseadjective
serving as or forming a base;
the painter applied a base coat followed by two finishing coatsBaseadjective
(used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal;
base coins of aluminuma base metalBaseadjective
of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense);
baseborn wretches with dirty facesof humble (or lowly) birthBaseadjective
not adhering to ethical or moral principles;
base and unpatriotic motivesa base, degrading way of lifecheating is dishonorablethey considered colonialism immoralunethical practices in handling public fundsBaseadjective
having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality;
that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabbletaking a mean advantagechok'd with ambition of the meaner sortsomething essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politicsBaseadjective
illegitimate
Baseadjective
debased; not genuine;
an attempt to eliminate the base coinage
