Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bottoming

/bˈɑtəmɪŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.39 in modern English

Syllables: bot-tom-ing
IPA: /bˈɑtəmɪŋ/

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of bottom

noun

The act of something that bottoms; the point at which something bottoms (in various senses).

noun

A foundation (literal and figurative senses).

noun

Material used to line the bottom of something.

noun

A substance used to prepare a material for dyeing.

noun

Residue left at the bottom of something.

noun

The contouring of the wooden seat of a chair.

noun

The act of thoroughly cleaning something.

British usage; Colloquial

Example Sentences

"In the course of this investigation, it was learned that the mean number of bottomings per second could be calculated theoretically […]"
"A hundred and fifty yards from its bottoming, the cliff trail squeezed between a pair of portal rocks."
"Many analysts point to the slowing building rate for new office space as evidence of a bottoming of the commercial real estate market."
"These and the like are the maine truths in your esteeme, which I conceive have no bottoming in the holy Scripture."
"a road made with six inches of broken stone of great hardness, laid either on a foundation of large stones, set in the form of a pavement, or upon a bottoming of concrete"
"[The ramparts of] Rough Castle and Bar Hill […] like that of Birrens, rest upon stone bottomings. The Antonine Wall is of the same construction, only on a larger scale."

Usage

British usage
Colloquial

Inflected Forms

bottomings (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce bottoming?: The recorded pronunciation is /bˈɑtəmɪŋ/.
What does bottoming mean?: present participle and gerund of bottom

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