bottommost

adjective

bot·​tom·​most ˈbä-tə(m)-ˌmōst 

1

a

: situated at the very bottom : lowest, deepest

b

: last

the bottommost part of the day

—Alfred Kazin

2

: most basic

the bottommost problems facing the world

Synonyms

• closing
• concluding
• final
• hindmost
• lag
• last
• latest
• latter
• rearmost
• terminal
• terminating
• ultimate

Examples of bottommost in a Sentence

the bottommost part of the wine list is where you'll find good but inexpensive choices

the bottommost rung of the ladder is broken

Recent Examples on the Web

The first leg of the mission appeared to proceed smoothly, with the Falcon 9 using its first-stage booster — the bottommost part of the rocket with nine engines that provide the initial burst of power at liftoff — to propel itself toward space. —Jackie Wattles, CNN, 26 July 2024

Waterproof fabric should be the bottommost layer to prevent leakage. —Nicole Crawford, Verywell Health, 6 May 2024

State and national park permits, safety inspection stickers, electronic toll collection devices and GPS and navigation systems can legally be mounted or located at the bottommost portion of the windshield, according to the driver's manual. —Tim Harlow, Star Tribune, 26 Apr. 2021

MOI is a performance measurement taken at the bottommost moment of the swing, when contact is made, measuring the resistance of the club to being twisted at the moment of impact. —Tom Chiarella, Popular Mechanics, 14 June 2017

Word History

First Known Use

1694, in the meaning defined at sense 1a