Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Having no bottom: Lacking a bottom or base; seemingly without a lower limit or end.
   • Extremely deep: Of immeasurable or unfathomable depth.
   • Unlimited; inexhaustible: Having no apparent limits or bounds; seemingly endless.
   • Unclothed below the waist: Naked from the waist down.

Usage and Examples

• Describing physical depth:
  • The explorers peered into the bottomless chasm.
  • Legends speak of a bottomless lake in the mountains.
• Describing something limitless or inexhaustible:
  • The company seemed to have a bottomless budget for the project.
  • Her patience was not bottomless.
• Describing nudity:
  • The risqué magazine featured bottomless models. (This usage is often found in specific adult entertainment contexts.)

Advanced Usage

• "Bottomless pit": A common idiom referring to something that can never be filled, satisfied, or understood; often used metaphorically.
  • My teenage son's stomach is a bottomless pit.
  • Trying to fix the government's budget is like pouring money into a bottomless pit.
• Used figuratively to emphasize extreme depth or limitlessness:
  • He felt a bottomless despair after the news.

Variants and Related Words

• Bottom (n): The lowest point or part of something.
• Bottomlessly (adv): In a bottomless manner.
• Bottomlessness (n): The state or quality of being bottomless.

Synonyms

• Abyssal: Pertaining to a deep abyss.
• Unfathomable: Incapable of being fully explored or understood.
• Inexhaustible: Unable to be used up or depleted.
• Limitless: Without end, limit, or boundary.

Antonyms

• Shallow: Of little depth.
• Limited: Restricted in size, amount, or extent.
• Finite: Having limits or bounds.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Bottomless pit: As described in 'Advanced Usage'.
• Bottomless cup/glass (as in coffee or drinks): A serving where the cup is refilled indefinitely for a single price.
  • The diner offered bottomless coffee.

Adjective

1. unclothed especially below the waist or featuring such nudeness
   • bottomless dancers
   • a bottomless bar
2. having no apparent limits or bounds
   • a bottomless supply of money
   • bottomless pockets
3. having no bottom
   • bottomless pajamas consisting simply of a long top opening down the front
4. extremely deep
   • a bottomless pit
   • a bottomless lake