Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bottomed

/bˈɑtəmd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.89 in modern English

Syllables: bot-tomed
IPA: /bˈɑtəmd/

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having some specified type of bottom.

verb

simple past and past participle of bottom

Example Sentences

"It was furnished with long, cane-bottomed chairs made in the jail […]"
"Just inside the railing that divided the spectators from the court, the witnesses sat on cowhide-bottomed chairs."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ-? Proto-Indo-European *-mḗn Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn Proto-Germanic *butmaz Proto-West Germanic *botm Old English botm Middle English botme English bottom English -ed English bottomed From bottom + -ed.

Derived Forms

bottomedness

Phrases

bare-bottomed bell-bottomed copper-bottomed flat-bottomed round-bottomed straw-bottomed

Questions

How do you pronounce bottomed?: The recorded pronunciation is /bˈɑtəmd/.
What does bottomed mean?: Having some specified type of bottom.
Where does bottomed come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ-? Proto-Indo-European *-mḗn Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn Proto-Germanic *butmaz Proto-West Germanic *botm Old English botm Middle English botme English bottom English -ed English bottomed From bottom + -ed.

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