bottle

[ bot-l ]

/ ˈbɒt l /

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noun

a 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.

verb (used with object), bot·tled, bot·tling.

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.

Verb Phrases

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.

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Idioms about bottle

hit the bottle, Slang. to drink alcohol to excess often or habitually.

Origin of bottle

1325–75; Middle English botel<Anglo-French; Old French bo(u)teille<Medieval Latin butticula, equivalent to Late Latin butti(s) butt⁴ + -cula-cule¹

OTHER WORDS FROM bottle

bot·tle·like, adjectivewell-bottled, adjective

Words nearby bottle

bottega, Böttger, Botticelli, Botticelli, Sandro, bottine, bottle, bottle baby, bottle bank, bottle bill, bottlebrush, bottlebrush grass

Other definitions for bottle (2 of 2)

bottle²

[ bot-l ]

/ ˈbɒt l /

noun Architecture.

boltel (def. 2).

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How to use bottle in a sentence

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I like that the Flash puts the weight of the included bottle on my lower back.
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That means running when it’s cool out, bringing a bottle of water to keep them hydrated, and taking frequent breaks.
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At this point, 64 were still breastfeeding or getting breastmilk from a bottle.
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Nothing does it quite like deftly decapitating a bottle of bubbly with a gleaming blade.
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That means that Champagne is fermented a second time in the bottle when sealed closed, which naturally produces the bubbles.
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If you need to store the bottle in the fridge, let it warm up for a few minutes on the counter before serving.
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I get the bottle while he opens a desk drawer containing two glasses.
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He said officers no longer arrest people for merely having an open beer bottle but instead ask them to leave the alcohol behind.
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One of the little girls in pigtails was holding him, while Miss Anne administered the feeding-bottle.
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An 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!
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He thrust one hand into his gold-coloured skirt, and produced a glass bottle full of some very cheap perfume from Europe.
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He started a guerilla campaign against the obsession with the aid of the brandy bottle.
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We too are in sympathy with those miners who are now faced with only one bottle of champagne a day.
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British Dictionary definitions for bottle (1 of 2)

bottle¹

/ (ˈbɒtəl) /

noun

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 containerthe 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

verb (tr)

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

Word Origin for bottle

C14: from Old French botaille, from Medieval Latin butticula literally: a little cask, from Late Latin buttis cask, butt 4

British Dictionary definitions for bottle (2 of 2)

bottle²

/ (ˈbɒtəl) /

noun

dialect a bundle, esp of hay

Word Origin for bottle

C14: from Old French botel, from botte bundle, of Germanic origin

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In addition to the idiom beginning with bottle

bottle up

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crack a bottle
hit the bottle

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