bottle
The definition of a bottle is a container with a neck that holds liquids.
(noun)An example of a bottle is a container in which wine is sold.
Bottle is defined as to put something into a container.
(verb)An example of bottle is to fill glass containers with milk.
See bottle in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- a container, esp. for liquids, made of glass, plastic, etc. and having a relatively narrow neck
- the amount that a bottle holds
- milk from an infant's nursing bottle
- alcoholic liquor
Origin: ME botel < MFr botele < OFr < ML butticula, dim. of LL buttis, a cask
Related Forms:
- bottleful noun pl. bottlefuls
- bottler noun
noun
Origin: ME & OFr botel, dim. of botte < MDu bote, bundle of flax
See bottle in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- A receptacle having a narrow neck, usually no handles, and a mouth that can be plugged, corked, or capped.
- The quantity that a bottle holds.
- A receptacle filled with milk or formula that is fed, as to babies, in place of breast milk.
- Informal a. Intoxicating liquor: Don't take to the bottle.b. The practice of drinking large quantities of intoxicating liquor: Her problem is the bottle.
- To place in a bottle.
- To hold in; restrain: bottled up my emotions.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English botel
Origin: , from Old French botele
Origin: , from Medieval Latin butticula
Origin: , diminutive of Late Latin buttis, cask
.Related Forms:
- botˈtler noun
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