Definition of bottle
1a : a rigid or semirigid container typically of glass or plastic having a comparatively narrow neck or mouth and usually no handleb : a usually bottle-shaped container made of skin for storing a liquid
2 : the quantity held by a bottle
3a : intoxicating drink : the practice of drinking slipped deeper and deeper into the bottle — Anne Bernaysb : liquid food (such as milk) used in place of mother's milk
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Examples of bottle in a Sentence
We drank a bottle of wine.
He says he's lost too many years to the bottle, and that he's giving up alcohol.
Her struggles with the bottle affected her entire family.
Has the baby finished her bottle yet?
raised on a bottle instead of breast milk
Origin and Etymology of bottle
Middle English botel, from Old French botele, from Medieval Latin butticula, diminutive of Late Latin buttis cask
bottle
Definition of bottle
bottled
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play \ˈbä-təl-iŋ, ˈbät-liŋ\transitive verb
1a : to confine as if in a bottle : restrain —usually used with up bottling up their angerb : 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
Examples of bottle in a Sentence
The restaurant bottles its own ginger ale.
Near the top of the mountain, the climbers relied on bottled oxygen to breathe.
First Known Use of bottle
1594
BOTTLE Defined for English Language Learners
bottle
playDefinition of bottle for English Language Learners
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: a glass or plastic container that has a narrow neck and usually has no handle
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: the amount contained in a bottle
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the bottle : alcoholic drink
bottle
Definition of bottle for English Language Learners
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: to put (something) into a bottle so that it can be sold or so that it is easier to use
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: to put (fruit or vegetables) in a jar using a special procedure that preserves them
BOTTLE Defined for Kids
Definition of bottle for Students
1 : a container (as of glass or plastic) usually having a narrow neck and mouth and no handle
2 : the quantity held by a bottle I drank the whole bottle.
Definition of bottle for Students
bottled
;bottling
1 : to put into a bottle
2 : to shut up as if in a bottle She bottles up her feelings.
Medical Dictionary
bottle
playMedical 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
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