false bottom

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noun

a horizontal partition above the actual bottom of a box, trunk, etc., especially one forming a secret compartment.

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Origin of false bottom

First recorded in 1790–1800

Words nearby false bottom

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How to use false bottom in a sentence

When cleaning clothes by boiling them in a boiler over a fire, fit in a false bottom to keep the clothes from touching the bottom.
The Boy Mechanic, Book 2|Various
The false bottom is traversed in its whole length by an air pipe, communicating with the atmospheric air outside the trough.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 392, July 7, 1883|Various
It had a false bottom, in which a large sum of money could be concealed, and did duty as a military chest.
Nooks and Corners of English Life, Past and Present|John Timbs
The car has a perforated false bottom, to which is attached a powerful exhaust-fan system that sucks the heat out of the coffee.
All About Coffee|William H. Ukers

That bookcase, with its false bottom and secret drawers, had been the hiding place of the miserly John Stanley's gold.
Bad Hugh|Mary Jane Holmes