bottle¹ Definition
bot·tle (bät′'l)
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
Etymology: ME botel < MFr botele < OFr < ML butticula, dim. of LL buttis, a cask
transitive verb -·tled, -·tling
- to put into a bottle or bottles
- to store (a gas, a liquefied gas, etc.) under pressure in a tank or cylinder
bottle¹ Related Forms
bottle¹ Idioms
bottle up
- to shut in, as enemy troops
- 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
bottle Synonyms
bottle
n.
hit the bottle*
bottle Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- champagne: We offer a bottle of champagne for the winning entry.
- wine: By the time she turned 30, two bottles of dry white wine were her daily norm.
- whiskey: All they had for sustenance was a bottle of whiskey.
- vodka: For seven years Masha never left her Moscow home without a bottle of vodka.
- bubbly: They received a bottle of bubbly each for their efforts.
- rum: I was going to buy you a sailors hat and a bottle of rum, but no more.
Adjective modifier
- plastic: It's like using your lungs to draw the air out of a plastic milk bottle.
- 75cl: Highland Spring also has a 75cl sports bottle that was launched with forecourts specifically in mind.
- empty: Tony had told us to bring empty bottles to get mineral water.
- 500ml: Most of the olive oil in the supermarkets is in little 500ml bottles.
Modifies a noun
- opener: Or the Devil from Tazmania - yes its Taz which is actually a bottle opener.
- feeding: There is a lot of sound advice on breast and bottle feeding, weaning onto solids, and fussy feeding.
- fed: The breast fed children were also found to have less body fat and lower blood pressures than children who had been bottle fed.
- stopper: It contains 24ct gold leaf inside the bottle and the bottle stopper has a heart on top.
Noun used with modifier
- perfume: A packet of cards is shown - each bears a picture of a perfume bottle.
- liter: Blitz is in a liter bottle concentrated, dilute accordingly.
- glass: Encourage people to use reusable plastic or glass bottles rather than using paper cups.
- dropper: I found a small dropper bottle of a 33 % solution of Magnesium chloride hidden at the back of a shelf.
- milk: It's like using your lungs to draw the air out of a plastic milk bottle.
- beer: Each holder is made from melting two recycled beer bottles.
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