adjective
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of bottommost
Example Sentences
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Consumer Reports advises auto customers to “negotiate from the bottommost price and work up, not down, from the MSRP.”
From Seattle Times
The bottommost layers are likely where the finest sediments accumulated—a perfect hunting ground for signs of past life.
From Science Magazine
Each chamber is chilled to a temperature significantly colder than the one above it; the bottommost layer is a frigid 15 millikelvins, nearly 200 times as cold as the depths of outer space.
From Scientific American
The study measures the Antarctic’s “grounding line” – the bottommost edge of the ice sheet across 16,000km of coastline.
From The Guardian
We discover our innermost — and bottommost selves — only when someone else opens the basement door.
From Seattle Times
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