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) In human sexuality, top, bottom, and versatile are roles during sexual activity, especially between two (or more) males. A ''top'' is usually a person who penetrates, a ''bottom'' is usually one who receives penetration, and someone who is ''ve ...

, 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 Nick Bottom is a character in Shakespeare's ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' who provides comic relief throughout the play. A weaver by trade, he is famously known for getting his head transformed into that of a donkey by the elusive Puck. Bott ...

, 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) A valley is an elongated low area often running between hills or mountains and typically containing a river or stream running from one end to the other. Most valleys are formed by erosion of the land surface by rivers or streams over a ve ...

, 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 The Bottom (formerly ''Botte'') is the capital and largest town of the island of Saba (island), Saba, the Caribbean Netherlands. It is the first stop on the way from Saba's Port in Fort Bay towards the rest of the island. In 2001, it had 462 in ...

, 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) Franklinton is a Neighborhoods in Columbus, Ohio, neighborhood in Columbus, Ohio, just west of Downtown Columbus, Ohio, its downtown. Settled in 1797, Franklinton is the first American settlement in Franklin County, Ohio, Franklin County, and w ...

, 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 mathematics, especially in order theory, the greatest element of a subset S of a partially ordered set (poset) is an element of S that is greater than every other element of S. The term least element is defined dually, that is, it is an ele ...

, in lattice theory and related branches of mathematics *

Bottom type In type theory, a theory within mathematical logic, the bottom type of a type system is the type that is a subtype of all other types. Where such a type exists, it is often represented with the up tack (⊥) symbol. Relation with the empty type ...

, in type theory (the bottom element in the subtype relation) * The symbol

up tack "Up tack" is the Unicode name for a symbol (⊥, \bot in LaTeX, U+22A5 in Unicode) that is also called "bottom", "falsum", "absurdum", or "the absurdity symbol", depending on context. It is used to represent: * The truth value 'false', or a logi ...

(⊥), used to represent these concepts

People

Bottom (surname) Bottom is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Anthony Bottom (born 1951), former member of both the Black Panther Party (BPP) and the Black Liberation Army (BLA) * Arthur Bottom (1930–2012), English footballer * Bob Bottom, OAM, ...

, people with the surname Bottom *

Bottoms (surname) Bottoms is a surname. Notable people with this surname include: * Benjamin A. Bottoms, U.S. coast guardsman who died during a rescue attempt in Greenland * Joseph Bottoms, American actor * Keisha Lance Bottoms, American politician and mayor of Atlan ...

, 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 ...

, a subatomic particle *

Trousers Trousers (British English), slacks, or pants ( American, Canadian and Australian English) are an item of clothing worn from the waist to anywhere between the knees and the ankles, covering both legs separately (rather than with cloth extending ...

Shorts Shorts are a garment worn over the pelvic area, circling the waist and splitting to cover the upper part of the legs, sometimes extending down to the knees but not covering the entire length of the leg. They are called "shorts" because they ar ...