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bottle
1[ bot-l ]
noun
- a portable container for holding liquids, characteristically having a neck and mouth and made of glass or plastic.
- the contents of such a container; as much as such a container contains:
a bottle of wine.
- bottled cow's milk, milk formulas, or substitute mixtures given to infants instead of mother's milk:
raised on the bottle.
- the bottle, intoxicating beverages; liquor:
He became addicted to the bottle.
verb (used with object)
- to put into or seal in a bottle:
to bottle grape juice.
- British. to preserve (fruit or vegetables) by heating to a sufficient temperature and then sealing in a jar.
verb phrase
- to repress, control, or restrain:
He kept all of his anger bottled up inside him.
- to enclose or entrap:
Traffic was bottled up in the tunnel.
bottle
2[ bot-l ]
noun
bottle
1/ ˈɒə /
noun
- a vessel, often of glass and typically cylindrical with a narrow neck that can be closed with a cap or cork, for containing liquids
- ( as modifier )
a bottle rack
- Also calledbottleful the amount such a vessel will hold
- a container equipped with a teat that holds a baby's milk or other liquid; nursing bottle
- the contents of such a container
the baby drank his bottle
- short for magnetic bottle
- slang.nerve; courage (esp in the phrase lose one's bottle )
- slang.money collected by street entertainers or buskers
- full bottle slang.well-informed and enthusiastic about something
- the bottle informal.drinking of alcohol, esp to excess
verb
- to put or place (wine, beer, jam, etc) in a bottle or bottles
- to store (gas) in a portable container under pressure
- slang.to injure by thrusting a broken bottle into (a person)
- slang.(of a busker) to collect money from the bystanders
bottle
2/ ˈɒə /
noun
- dialect.a bundle, esp of hay
Other Word Forms
- dzt· adjective
- ɱ-dzt adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of bottle1
Origin of bottle2
Idioms and Phrases
- hit the bottle, Slang. to drink alcohol to excess often or habitually.
More idioms and phrases containing bottle
In addition to the idiom beginning with bottle , also see crack a bottle ; hit the bottle .Example Sentences
One woman said he choked her and hit her in the head with a wine bottle.
The inquest heard officers from Devon and Cornwall Police recovered empty beer cans, vodka bottles and cannabis from the scene.
While excavating the area in Cambridge, Mr Capon said they came across a glass soft drinks bottle he estimated dated from the 1890s.
Then he clutched hope - now he clutched a bottle of EFL champagne.
Two of the "bottles" contain beer, while one is completely wooden - painted red and white - and is referred to as the dummy.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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