bottle

²bottle

verb

bot·tledbot·tling\ˈbä-t^əl-iŋ, ˈbät-liŋ\

Definition of BOTTLE

transitive verb

1

a : to confine as if in a bottle : restrain —usually used with up <bottling up their anger> b : to put or keep in a position or situation that makes free activity, progress, or escape difficult or impossible —usually used with up <bottle up legislation in committee>

2

: to put into or as if into a bottle <wished she could bottle their energy>

— bot·tler \ˈbä-t^əl-ər, ˈbät-lər\ noun

Examples of BOTTLE

1. The restaurant bottles its own ginger ale.
2. Near the top of the mountain, the climbers relied on bottled oxygen to breathe.

First Known Use of BOTTLE

1594

Rhymes with BOTTLE

mottle, throttle, wattle