Bottomless

//ˈbatəmlɪs// adj

adj ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having no bottom. not-comparable

    "The vast swamps of Southern Ontario proved a grim nightmare to the construction gangs. Treacherous and seemingly bottomless, the swamps swallowed thousands of tons of timber and debris, yet still afforded no firm surface on which the track could be laid."

  2. 2
    Extremely deep. not-comparable
  3. 3
    Having no bounds; limitless. not-comparable

    "The restaurant offered bottomless drinks."

  4. 4
    Of a meal: accompanied by unlimited drinks. not-comparable

    "I get a message from some school friends about a bottomless brunch they want to go to."

  5. 5
    Difficult to understand; unfathomable. not-comparable
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  1. 6
    refillable (usually for iced tea or other such cold beverages) Philippines, not-comparable
  2. 7
    Not wearing clothes below the waist; particularly not wearing clothes that would cover the genitalia. not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    unclothed especially below the waist or featuring such nudeness wordnet
  2. 2
    extremely deep wordnet
  3. 3
    having no apparent limits or bounds wordnet
  4. 4
    having no bottom wordnet

Synonyms

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unlimiteda hog foraboundingabundantabysmalabyssal

Example

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"He fell into the bottomless pit."

Etymology

From Middle English botemles, botmeles, equivalent to bottom + -less. Cognate with West Frisian boaiemleas (“bottomless”), Dutch bodemloos (“bottomless”), German Low German boddenloos (“bottomless”), German bodenlos (“bottomless”), Swedish bottenlös (“bottomless”), Icelandic botnlaus (“bottomless”).

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bottomless pit

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