bottomless
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English botemles, botmeles, equivalent to bottom + -less.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
bottomless (not comparable)
- Having no bottom.
- 2021 May 5, “Open Access: Saving our structures”, in RAIL, number 930, page 40:
- And while the railway's finances will forever remain a bottomless black hole, Highways England finances are rapidly becoming a bottomless pothole!
- Extremely deep.
- Having no bounds; limitless.
- The restaurant offered bottomless drinks.
- Of a meal: accompanied by unlimited drinks.
- 2021, Rebecca Reid, Rude: Stop Being Nice and Start Being Bold, page 199:
- I get a message from some school friends about a bottomless brunch they want to go to.
- Difficult to understand; unfathomable.
- (Philippines) refillable (usually for iced tea or other such cold beverages)
- Not wearing clothes below the waist; particularly not wearing clothes that would cover the genitalia.
Synonyms edit
- (having no bounds; limitless): boundless, limitless, unbottomed, unbounded; see also Thesaurus:deep and Thesaurus:infinite
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Translations edit
having no bottom
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extremely deep
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having no bounds; limitless
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difficult to understand
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naked from the waist down
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