A false bottom (or false back) is an internal partition in a container, typically at the bottom of a drawer, suitcase or similar item, enabling the concealment of objects from a cursory examination of the item's contents. A false bottom may be present if the internal dimensions of a container do not match its external dimensions after taking into account the thicknesses of constituent materials and structures used to build the object.

Drawing of a drawer with a false back

The term false bottom can also refer to the deep scattering layer in the ocean, a phenomenon where a layer of marine organisms deep in the ocean can be mistaken by sonar for the seabed.[1] In Polar research, the false bottom refers to the type of thin sea ice which is formed underwater at the interface of low-salinity meltwater and saline seawater, typically during summer season.[2]

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  1. ^ Hersey JB and Backus RH (2005) "Sound Scattering by Marine Organisms" In: M. N. Hill and A. R. Robinson (Eds)Physical Oceanography, Page 499, Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674017276.
  2. ^ Notz, Dirk; McPhee, Miles G.; Worster, M. Grae; Maykut, Gary A.; Schlünzen, K.Heinke; Eicken, Hajo (2018). "Impact of underwater-ice evolution on Arctic summer sea ice". Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. 108 (C7). doi:10.1029/2001JC001173.