bottle
1a portable container for holding liquids, characteristically having a neck and mouth and made of glass or plastic.
the contents of such a container; as much as such a container contains: a bottle of wine.
bottled cow's milk, milk formulas, or substitute mixtures given to infants instead of mother's milk: raised on the bottle.
the bottle, intoxicating beverages; liquor: He became addicted to the bottle.
to put into or seal in a bottle: to bottle grape juice.
British. to preserve (fruit or vegetables) by heating to a sufficient temperature and then sealing in a jar.
bottle up,
to repress, control, or restrain: He kept all of his anger bottled up inside him.
to enclose or entrap: Traffic was bottled up in the tunnel.
Idioms about bottle
hit the bottle, Slang. to drink alcohol to excess often or habitually.
Origin of bottle
1Other words from bottle
- bot·tle·like, adjective
- well-bottled, adjective
Words Nearby bottle
Other definitions for bottle (2 of 2)
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How to use bottle in a sentence
Nothing does it quite like deftly decapitating a bottle of bubbly with a gleaming blade.
How to Saber a Champagne Bottle | James Joiner, The Daily Beast Video | December 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThat means that Champagne is fermented a second time in the bottle when sealed closed, which naturally produces the bubbles.
If you need to store the bottle in the fridge, let it warm up for a few minutes on the counter before serving.
I get the bottle while he opens a desk drawer containing two glasses.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days | David Freeman | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe said officers no longer arrest people for merely having an open beer bottle but instead ask them to leave the alcohol behind.
The Corrupt Cops of Rebel-Held East Ukraine | Kristina Jovanovski | December 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
One of the little girls in pigtails was holding him, while Miss Anne administered the feeding-bottle.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol | William J. LockeAn hour later, I heard he was dead: that on his way to his home he had purchased a bottle of laudanum and swallowed the contents!
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph TatlowHe thrust one hand into his gold-coloured skirt, and produced a glass bottle full of some very cheap perfume from Europe.
Bella Donna | Robert HichensHe started a guerilla campaign against the obsession with the aid of the brandy bottle.
Uncanny Tales | VariousWe too are in sympathy with those miners who are now faced with only one bottle of champagne a day.
British Dictionary definitions for bottle (1 of 2)
/ (ˈbɒtəl) /
a vessel, often of glass and typically cylindrical with a narrow neck that can be closed with a cap or cork, for containing liquids
(as modifier): a bottle rack
Also called: bottleful the amount such a vessel will hold
a container equipped with a teat that holds a baby's milk or other liquid; nursing bottle
the contents of such a container: the baby drank his bottle
short for magnetic bottle
British slang nerve; courage (esp in the phrase lose one's bottle)
British slang money collected by street entertainers or buskers
full bottle Australian slang well-informed and enthusiastic about something
the bottle informal drinking of alcohol, esp to excess
to put or place (wine, beer, jam, etc) in a bottle or bottles
to store (gas) in a portable container under pressure
slang to injure by thrusting a broken bottle into (a person)
British slang (of a busker) to collect money from the bystanders
Origin of bottle
1- See also bottle out, bottle up
British Dictionary definitions for bottle (2 of 2)
/ (ˈbɒtəl) /
dialect a bundle, esp of hay
Origin of bottle
2Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with bottle
In addition to the idiom beginning with bottle
- bottle up
also see:
- crack a bottle
- hit the bottle
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