bottle

¹bot·tle

noun, often attributive \ˈbä-t^əl\

Definition of BOTTLE

1

a : a rigid or semirigid container typically of glass or plastic having a comparatively narrow neck or mouth and usually no handle

b : a usually bottle-shaped container made of skin for storing a liquid

2

: the quantity held by a bottle

3

a : intoxicating drink : the practice of drinking <slipped deeper and deeper into the bottle — Anne Bernays>

b : liquid food (as milk) used in place of mother's milk

4

slang British : mettle, courage

— bot·tle·ful \-ˌfu̇l\ noun

Examples of BOTTLE

1. We drank a bottle of wine.
2. He says he's lost too many years to the bottle, and that he's giving up alcohol.
3. Her struggles with the bottle affected her entire family.
4. Has the baby finished her bottle yet?
5. raised on a bottle instead of breast milk

Origin of BOTTLE

Middle English botel, from Old French botele, from Medieval Latin butticula, diminutive of Late Latin buttis cask

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to BOTTLE

Synonyms

aqua vitae, ardent spirits, booze, alcohol, drink, firewater, grog, hooch [slang], inebriant, intoxicant, John Barleycorn, juice [slang], liquor, lush [slang], moonshine, potable, rum, sauce [slang], spirits, stimulant, strong drink, tipple

Antonyms

nonintoxicant

Related Words

aperitif, bracer, chaser, digestif, nightcap; belt, load, nip, peg [British], pop, shooter, shot, slug, snifter, snort, tot, whet; cocktail, mixed drink; ale, beer, brew, brewage, brewski [slang], home brew, malt liquor, microbrew, mum, nappy [chiefly Scottish]; mead, sake (or saki), wine; barley-bree (also barley-broo) [chiefly Scottish], brandy, gin, liqueur, mao-tai, mescal, schnapps, tequila, vodka, whiskey (or whisky); Dutch courage

Near Antonyms

cold feet, faintheartedness, fearfulness, mousiness, timidity, timorousness; feebleness, softness, weakness; impotence, ineffectualness; hesitation, indecision, indecisiveness, irresolution

Other Alcoholic Beverage Terms

finish, gimlet, mull, sake, setup, sommelier, syllabub, vintner, wassail

Rhymes with BOTTLE

dottle, glottal, mottle, pottle, ratel, throttle, wattle

²bottle

transitive verb

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

Definition of BOTTLE

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

bot·tle

noun , often attrib \ˈbät-^əl\   (Medical Dictionary)

Medical Definition of BOTTLE

1

: a rigid or semirigid container typically of glass or plastic having a comparatively narrow neck or mouth and usually no handle—see wash bottle

2

: liquid food usually consisting of milk and supplements that is fed from a bottle (as to an infant) in place of mother's milk