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bottle episode

[ bot-l ep-uh-sohd ]

noun

  1. an episode of a television series set in a single limited or confined location, such as a hotel room or a broken elevator, and often using only a few regular cast members, sometimes undertaken as a cost-cutting measure or as a creative challenge.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of bottle episode1

First recorded in 2000–05; perhaps modeled on ship in a bottle or to bottle up

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