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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 -·tled, -·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

bottle¹ Related Forms

bot·tle·ful′ noun pl. -·fuls′ bot·tler noun

bottle¹ 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

bottle Synonyms

bottle

n.

container, flask, flagon, decanter, demijohn, cruet, jug, urn, canteen, cruse, jar, pitcher, ewer, gourd, carafe, hip flask, vial, phial, caster, vacuum bottle, glass, fiasco, dead soldier (empty liquor bottle)*; see also flask, jar.

hit the bottle*

get drunk, imbibe, become an alcoholic; see drink 2.

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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