bottle
noun
a portable container for holding liquids, characteristically having a neck and mouth and made of glass or plastic.
bottling
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present participleof bottle.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Pepsi needs to stop tinkering and consider more fundamental changes, including a spinoff of its bottling operations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
There is no single fix, but some options include handing off U.S. bottling, or, even more dramatically, separating the drinks business through a sale or spinoff.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
Those spirits look poised to benefit from that same workaround tied to bulk shipments and U.S.-based bottling operations.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026
It’s distilled and matured in the Canadian province of Manitoba, but then shipped in large containers to bottling facilities in the U.S. for distribution to American customers.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
The women who worked for her stopped concocting tinctures and bottling oils and instead made vats of salve—a new recipe, of comfrey, lobelia and plantain, that Mother had concocted specifically for my father.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
