Bottle Definition
- to shut in, as enemy troops
- to hold in or suppress, as emotions
- to drink much alcohol
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Bottle
- bottle up
- hit the bottle
Origin of Bottle
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From Middle English bottle, botle, buttle, from Old English botl, bold (“abode, house, dwelling-place, mansion, hall, castle, temple”), from Proto-Germanic *budlą, *buþlą, *bōþlą (“house, dwelling, farm”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhōw- (“to swell, grow, thrive, be, live, dwell”). Cognate with North Frisian budel, bodel, bol, boel (“dwelling, inheritable property”), Dutch boedel, boel (“inheritance, estate”), Danish bol (“farm”), Icelandic ból (“dwelling, abode, farm, lair”). Related to Old English byldan (“to build, construct”). More at build.
From Wiktionary
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Anglo-Norman and Old French boteille (Modern French bouteille), from Vulgar Latin *botticula, ultimately of disputed origin. Probably a diminutive of Late Latin buttis.
From Wiktionary
Middle English botel from Old French botele from Medieval Latin butticula diminutive of Late Latin buttis cask
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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