bottling

noun

bot·​tling ˈbä-tᵊl-iŋ How to pronounce bottling (audio)
ˈbät-liŋ
: a beverage and especially a wine that is bottled at a particular time

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This whisky is made from barley grown on farmland surrounding the distillery, and every step from malting to bottling is done onsite (other expressions, however, are made from barley purchased from malting houses). Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 6 Jan. 2026 Advertisement Piles of 25mg Wegovy pills await bottling and packaging. Alice Park, Time, 5 Jan. 2026 Coca-Cola’s Indian bottling unit is reportedly weighing a billion-dollar float next year. Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 25 Nov. 2025 The program also teaches practical skills, bottling and filtering their own honey and creating candles — from the beeswax — that is sold in the school bookstore and online. Kansas City Star, 14 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bottling

Word History

First Known Use

1860, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of bottling was in 1860

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“Bottling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bottling. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.

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