Bottom may refer to:

Anatomy and sex

Bottom (BDSM) The terms ''top'', ''bottom'', and ''switch'' are used to describe an individual's role during a sexual act. They may more broadly denote a Identity (social science), psychological, Identity (social science), social, or sexual identity, or indica ...

, the partner in a BDSM who takes the passive, receiving, or obedient role, to that of the top or dominant * Bottom (sex), a term used by gay couples and BDSM *

Buttocks The buttocks (: buttock) are two rounded portions of the exterior anatomy of most mammals, located on the posterior of the pelvic region. In humans, the buttocks are located between the lower back and the perineum. They are composed of a lay ...

or bottom, part of the anatomy on the posterior of the pelvic region of apes and humans, and many other bipeds or quadrupeds

Arts, entertainment, and media

* ''Bottom'' (TV series), a British sitcom and stage show * "Bottom", a song by Puddle of Mudd from '' Life on Display'' * "Bottom", a song by Tool from '' Undertow'' * ''Bottom'', a 2011 film by Todd Verow * Nick Bottom, a character from Shakespeare's ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' * ''The Bottoms'' (novel), a 2000 novel by Joe R. Lansdale * ''Bottoms'', a 1966 film by

Yoko Ono Yoko Ono (, usually spelled in katakana as ; born February 18, 1933) is a Japanese multimedia artist, singer, songwriter, and peace activist. Her work also encompasses performance art and filmmaking. Ono grew up in Tokyo and moved to New York ...

* ''Bottoms'' (film), a 2023 film by Emma Seligman

Geography

* Bottom (valley), the floor of a valley ** List of geographical bottoms, list of geographical features called "bottom" * Bottomland (freshwater ecology), low-lying alluvial land adjacent to a river *

Foggy Bottom Foggy Bottom is a neighborhood of Washington, D.C., United States, located in the city's northwest quadrant. It stretches west of the White House towards the Potomac River, north of the National Mall, east of Georgetown, south of the West ...

, a neighborhood in Washington, D.C. * Lower Bottoms, Oakland, California or The Bottoms, a neighborhood in Oakland, California, U.S. * St. Paul's Bottoms or The Bottoms, a neighborhood in

Shreveport, Louisiana Shreveport ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is the List of municipalities in Louisiana, third-most populous city in Louisiana after New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Baton Rouge. The bulk of Shreveport is in Caddo Parish, Lo ...

Seabed The seabed (also known as the seafloor, sea floor, ocean floor, and ocean bottom) is the bottom of the ocean. All floors of the ocean are known as seabeds. The structure of the seabed of the global ocean is governed by plate tectonics. Most of ...

, the floor of the ocean or ocean bottom *

Stream bed A streambed or stream bed is the bottom of a stream or river and is confined within a Stream channel, channel or the Bank (geography), banks of the waterway. Usually, the bed does not contain terrestrial (land) vegetation and instead supports d ...

, the channel bottom of a stream, river or creek * The Bottom, capital of the island of Saba * The Bottom (neighborhood in Dallas, Texas), a neighborhood in the Tenth Street Freedman's Town in Dallas, Texas, U.S. *The Bottom, a neighborhood in

Knoxville, Tennessee Knoxville is a city in Knox County, Tennessee, United States, and its county seat. It is located on the Tennessee River and had a population of 190,740 at the 2020 United States census. It is the largest city in the East Tennessee Grand Division ...

, U.S. * The Bottoms, a neighborhood in Franklinton (Columbus, Ohio), U.S.

Mathematics

* Bottom, or ''falsum'', a

contradiction In traditional logic, a contradiction involves a proposition conflicting either with itself or established fact. It is often used as a tool to detect disingenuous beliefs and bias. Illustrating a general tendency in applied logic, Aristotle's ...

in logic and Boolean algebra * Bottom element, in lattice theory and related branches of mathematics * Bottom type, in type theory (the bottom element in the subtype relation) * The symbol up tack (⊥), used to represent these concepts

People

* Bottom (surname), people with the surname Bottom * Bottoms (surname), people with the surname Bottoms

Other uses

Bottom (technical analysis) A chart pattern or price pattern is a pattern within a chart when prices are graphed. In stock and commodity markets trading, chart pattern studies play a large role during technical analysis. When data is plotted there is usually a pattern which ...

, a chart pattern in the technical analysis of securities *

Bottom quark The bottom quark, beauty quark, or b quark, is an elementary particle of the third generation. It is a heavy quark with a charge of − ''e''. All quarks are described in a similar way by electroweak interaction and quantum chromodynamic ...