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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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