Definitions for bottleˈbɒt l

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

bot•tleˈbɒt l(n.; v.)-tled, -tling.

  1. (n.)a portable container for holding liquids, having a neck and mouth and made of glass or plastic.

  2. the contents or capacity of such a container:

    a bottle of wine.

  3. bottled cow's milk, milk formulas, or substitute mixtures given to infants instead of mother's milk:

    raised on the bottle.

  4. liquor.

  5. (v.t.)to put into or seal in a bottle.

  6. bottle up, to repress, control, or restrain: to enclose or entrap:

    to bottle up anger.

    Traffic was bottled up in the tunnel.

    Category: Verb Phrase

Idioms for bottle:

  1. hit the bottle,Slang. to drink alcohol to excess.

    Category: Idiom, Status (usage)

Origin of bottle:

1325–75; ME botel < AF; OF bo(u)teille < ML butticula < LL buttisbutt4

bot′tler(n.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. bottle(noun)

    a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or capped

  2. bottle, bottleful(noun)

    the quantity contained in a bottle

  3. bottle, feeding bottle, nursing bottle(verb)

    a vessel fitted with a flexible teat and filled with milk or formula; used as a substitute for breast feeding infants and very young children

  4. bottle(verb)

    store (liquids or gases) in bottles

  5. bottle(verb)

    put into bottles

    "bottle the mineral water"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. bottle(noun)ˈbɒt l

    a container for liquids

    a wine bottle; a bottle of water/beer

  2. bottleˈbɒt l

    the amount a bottle can hold

    two bottles of water

  3. bottle(verb)ˈbɒt l

    to put liquid into a bottle

Webster Dictionary

  1. Bottle(noun)

    a hollow vessel, usually of glass or earthenware (but formerly of leather), with a narrow neck or mouth, for holding liquids

  2. Bottle(noun)

    the contents of a bottle; as much as a bottle contains; as, to drink a bottle of wine

  3. Bottle(noun)

    fig.: Intoxicating liquor; as, to drown one's reason in the bottle

  4. Bottle(verb)

    to put into bottles; to inclose in, or as in, a bottle or bottles; to keep or restrain as in a bottle; as, to bottle wine or porter; to bottle up one's wrath

  5. Bottle(noun)

    a bundle, esp. of hay


Translations for bottle

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

bottle(noun)

a hollow narrow-necked container for holding liquids etc

a lemonade bottle.

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