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
Recent Examples of bottle from the Web
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To this day, instructions on the Yunnan Baiyao bottle recommend application after being shot or stabbed.
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Reynaldo Cartagena, left, 35, was charged with third-degree assault and robbery in the theft of bottles of liquor from a delivery truck Friday in New London.
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Maybe the person ends up wired and anxious, and so desires only more wine, and ends up drinking three bottles of this horrible coffee-wine concoction.
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American Bad Ass Kid Rock appears to be running for Senate in the state of Michigan, because why shouldn't everything that happens in American politics in 2017 be a bottle of Axe Body Spray covered in donkey sauce?
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To get a better sense of the state of Montepulciano d’Abruzzo today, the wine panel tasted 20 bottles from recent vintages.
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Murray used a sword to open the bottle and took a swig.
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The glass-and-gold bottle pays homage to the fragrance florals, with delicate etchings growing up the face of the flanker.
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The chemicals on the shelves—bottles of pure alcohol, bins of sugar, protein, and salts—are standard issue for growing microbes and manipulating their genes.
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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.
Recent Examples of bottle from the Web
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What these passages exemplify is the richness of language and the difficulty of bottling it up in a concise form of words.
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Later, Levine began bottling the secret marinade and selling it over the counter at the restaurant.
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It was named after the barbecue sauce that his grandfather, child psychiatrist Rich Davis, created and later bottled with his sons Charlie (Calvin’s dad) and Rich Davis Jr.
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Saturday’s third anniversary party has 50-plus beers on tap; the official debut of a farmhouse honey ale, Biere de Miel; a raffle; and many of the brewery’s bottled sour ales available for purchase.
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DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Amy Pittman learned on her first day in jail to bottle up her grief.
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Stay chill this summer Keep your cool this summer with a YETI Roadie Cooler and a pair of YETI Colsters, stainless steel double-wall can and bottle holders.
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While Rias Baixas albarino is sometimes blended with treixadura or loureiro, it is often bottled as a 100 percent varietal wine and can age well for several years.
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In the end, one of the easiest ways is to have a smaller can or bottle.
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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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