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bottle1 definition

bot·tle (bät'l)

noun

  1. a container, esp. for liquids, made of glass, plastic, etc. and having a relatively narrow neck
  2. the amount that a bottle holds
  3. milk from an infant's nursing bottle
  4. alcoholic liquor

Etymology: ME botel < MFr botele < OFr < ML butticula, dim. of LL buttis, a cask

transitive verb bottled -·tled, bottling -·tling

  1. to put into a bottle or bottles
  2. to store (a gas, a liquefied gas, etc.) under pressure in a tank or cylinder

Related Forms:

bottle Idioms

bottle up

  1. to shut in, as enemy troops
  2. to hold in or suppress, as emotions

hit the bottle

Slang to drink much alcohol
bottle2 definition

bot·tle (bät'l)

noun

Brit., Dialectal a bundle, as of hay

Etymology: ME & OFr botel, dim. of botte < MDu bote, bundle of flax

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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