squeeze bottle
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of squeeze bottle
First recorded in 1945–50
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
A paramedic, Dustin McJury, gave him a squeeze bottle of oxygen that would last six hours, but urged neighbors and volunteers to find access to a generator and an extension cord.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 30, 2022
A squeeze bottle “allows you to get a lot of that saline into the nose, but under relatively low pressure.”
From Washington Post • Apr. 22, 2022
To try it yourself, use a neti pot, bulb syringe or squeeze bottle and pour a saline solution in one nostril, letting it drain out the other.
From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2022
The brightly colored 11-inch-tall squeeze bottle shoots up a stream of water.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 11, 2021
“Sure,” I say, as Melvin stretches out his tiny arm and gingerly hands me the squeeze bottle.
From "Zara’s Rules for Record-Breaking Fun" by Hena Khan
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
