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Definition of "bottomless" []

  • Having no bottom. (adjective)
  • Too deep to be measured: a bottomless glacier lake. (adjective)
  • Difficult or impossible to understand; unfathomable: one of the bottomless mysteries of life. (adjective)
  • Having no limitations or bounds; limitless: a bottomless supply of money. (adjective)
  • Nude, especially unclothed below the waist: bottomless dancers. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "bottomless" in a sentence
  • "This is where what I called the bottomless or fathomless self, the last version of the self, makes its appearance."
  • "Behind him she saw what she called a bottomless hole filled with light."
  • "On the plus side, though, that stuff about it being bottomless is also bunk."