Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense bottles, present participle bottling, past tense, past participle bottled
1. countable noun
A bottle is a glass or plastic container in which drinks and other liquids are kept. Bottles are usually round with straight sides and a narrow top.
There were two empty bottles on the table.
He was pulling the cork from a bottle of wine.
...Victorian scent bottles.
Synonyms: flask, pitcher, decanter, carafe More Synonyms of bottle
A bottleof something is an amount of it contained in a bottle.
Drink a bottle of water an hour - more if it's hot . [+ of]
2. verb
To bottle a drink or other liquid means to put it into bottles after it has been made.
This is a large truck which has equipment to automatically bottle the wine. [VERB noun]
...bottled water. [VERB-ed]
3. countable noun
A bottle is a drinking container used by babies. It has a special rubber part at the top through which they can suck their drink.
Gary was holding a bottle to the baby's lips.
A bottleof milk or other drink is an amount of it contained in a baby's bottle.
4. verb
To bottle fruit means to put it into special jars, in order to preserve it.
Did she do things like bottling fruit or making jam? [VERB noun]
...bottled plums. [VERB-ed]
5. uncountable noun
Bottle is used to refer to courage or boldness.
[British, informal]
But will anyone have the bottle to go through with it?
Synonyms: nerve, will, daring, courage More Synonyms of bottle
6. See also bottled, feeding bottle, hot-water bottle, water bottle
7.
See to hit the bottle
8.
See bottle it
Phrasal verbs:
See bottle out
See bottle up
bottle in British English1
(ˈbɒtəl)
noun
1.
a.
a vessel, often of glass and typically cylindrical with a narrow neck that can be closed with a cap or cork, for containing liquids
b.
(as modifier)
a bottle rack
2. Also called: bottleful
the amount such a vessel will hold
3.
a.
a container equipped with a teat that holds a baby's milk or other liquid; nursing bottle
b.
the contents of such a container
the baby drank his bottle
4. short for magnetic bottle
5. British slang
nerve; courage (esp in the phrase lose one's bottle)
6. British slang
money collected by street entertainers or buskers
7. full bottle
8. the bottle
verb(transitive)
9.
to put or place (wine, beer, jam, etc) in a bottle or bottles
10.
to store (gas) in a portable container under pressure
11. slang
to injure by thrusting a broken bottle into (a person)
12. British slang
(of a busker) to collect money from the bystanders
Word origin
C14: from Old French botaille, from Medieval Latin butticula literally: a little cask, from Late Latin buttis cask, butt4
bottle in British English2
(ˈbɒtəl)
noun
dialect
a bundle, esp of hay
Word origin
C14: from Old French botel, from botte bundle, of Germanic origin
bottle in American English1
(ˈbɑtəl)
noun
1.
a container, esp. for liquids, made of glass, plastic, etc. and having a relatively narrow neck
2.
the amount that a bottle holds
3.
milk from an infant's nursing bottle
4.
alcoholic liquor
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈbottled or ˈbottling
5.
to put into a bottle or bottles
6.
to store (a gas, a liquefied gas, etc.) under pressure in a tank or cylinder
Idioms:
bottle up
hit the bottle
Derived forms
bottleful (ˈbottleˌful)
nounWord forms: pluralˈbottleˌfuls
bottler (ˈbottler)
noun
Word origin
ME botel < MFr botele < OFr < ML butticula, dim. of LL buttis, a cask
bottle in American English2
(ˈbɑtəl)
noun
British, Dialectal
a bundle, as of hay
Word origin
ME & OFr botel, dim. of botte < MDu bote, bundle of flax
More idioms containing
bottle
the genie is out of the bottle
hit the bottle
Examples of 'bottle' in a sentence
bottle
He grabbed an empty vodka bottle while a woman shielded him with a coat.
The Sun (2017)
Another shows three lags laughing as they gulp from a bottle of clear liquid.
The Sun (2016)
She had crashed her car into a hedge after drinking two bottles of wine.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He came in with two glasses and a bottle of wine.
The Sun (2017)
We sat and talked then ended up watching a movie and opening a bottle of wine.
The Sun (2017)
Champagne bottles can be stored upright.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
She has launched a perfume; it comes in a milk bottle.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
A performer cycled by with an open beer bottle balanced on his head.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The regulations are there for good reason, to try to stop liquid going into a bottle which is not whisky.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
FREE bottle of wine?
The Sun (2017)
We opened the door and there he was guzzling a bottle of vodka.
The Sun (2014)
The liquid in the bottle can feel like an afterthought.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Wait until they try it from glass bottles.
The Sun (2013)
One or two were swigging from a whisky bottle.
The Sun (2015)
Simply remove the top of the bottle just below the shoulder.
The Sun (2013)
They drink about eight bottles of wine a month.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Will the pilot be able to get a cork out of an empty wine bottle?
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Claim your free bottle of sauvignon blanc.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The milk bottle chore was suggested for her.
Bethune, Helen Positive Parent Power (1991)
Empty beer bottles are lined up on the counter.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Milk bottles on doorsteps can be tampered with.
The Sun (2010)
Struggled to get sauce out of the ketchup bottle to go with your bacon this morning?
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
We had always thought we had ample bottles of champagne for our tour but we were wrong.
Stewart, Bob (Lt-Col) Broken Lives (1993)
She came out like a cork from a bottle.
The Sun (2010)
You can also enjoy a bottle of wine and fruit on arrival.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
And no one will bat an eyelid if you collect another bottle of fizz in your robe and slippers.
The Sun (2011)
Police said that the suspect had been refused entry to the pub by door staff before throwing the bottle.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Its two raw ingredients are liquids that could be carried on board in containers such as bottles of soft drink.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Word lists with
bottle
container
In other languages
bottle
British English: bottle /ˈbɒtl/ NOUN
A bottle is a glass or plastic container in which drinks and other liquids are kept.
There were two empty beer bottles on the table.
American English: bottle
Arabic: زُجاجَة
Brazilian Portuguese: garrafa
Chinese: 瓶子
Croatian: boca
Czech: láhev
Danish: flaske
Dutch: fles
European Spanish: botella
Finnish: pullo
French: bouteille
German: Flasche
Greek: μπουκάλι
Italian: bottiglia
Japanese: ボトル
Korean: 병
Norwegian: flaske
Polish: butelka
European Portuguese: garrafa
Romanian: sticlă
Russian: бутылка
Latin American Spanish: botella
Swedish: flaska
Thai: ขวด
Turkish: şişe
Ukrainian: пляшка
Vietnamese: chai nước
British English: bottle VERB
To bottle a drink or other liquid means to put it into bottles after it has been made.
This is a large truck which has equipment to automatically bottle the wine.
American English: bottle
Brazilian Portuguese: engarrafar
Chinese: 使装瓶
European Spanish: embotellar
French: mettre en bouteilles
German: in Flaschen abfüllen
Italian: imbottigliare
Japanese: 瓶に詰める
Korean: 병에 담다
European Portuguese: engarrafar
Latin American Spanish: embotellar
All related terms of 'bottle'
bottle it
If you say that someone has bottled it , you mean that they have lost their courage at the last moment and have not done something they intended to do.
bottle-o
a dealer in empty bottles
bottle up
If you bottle up strong feelings, you do not express them or show them, especially when this makes you tense or angry .
beer bottle
a bottle for beer
bottle bank
A bottle bank is a large container into which people can put empty bottles so that the glass can be used again.
bottle cap
a device for closing or sealing a bottle , esp. a metal cover with a cork gasket fitting tightly over the mouth of a glass or plastic bottle, held in place by crimping the edge of the cap over the lip or flange of the bottle
bottle club
a so-called club in which patrons , nominally members, are served liquor from bottles purportedly belonging to them, without regard to liquor control laws
bottle-fed
to feed (a baby ) with milk from a bottle instead of breast-feeding
bottle-feed
If you bottle-feed a baby, you give it milk or a liquid like milk in a bottle rather than the baby sucking milk from its mother's breasts .
bottle-jack
a large jack used for heavy lifts
bottle out
If you bottle out , you lose your courage at the last moment and do not do something you intended to do.
bottle rack
a rack for bottles , such as bottles of wine
bottle shop
A bottle shop is a shop which sells wine, beer , and other alcoholic drinks.
bottle-top
a cap on the top of a bottle
bottle tree
any of several Australian sterculiaceous trees of the genus Sterculia (or Brachychiton ) that have a bottle-shaped swollen trunk
full bottle
well-informed and enthusiastic about something
half-bottle
a bottle half the size of a standard bottle of wine, spirits, etc
ink bottle
a bottle containing ink
milk bottle
a glass bottle in which milk is sold, esp when it is distributed by a milkman
pill bottle
a small bottle that pills are kept in
the bottle
drinking of alcohol , esp to excess
bottle blonde
a woman with dyed blonde hair
bottle glass
glass used for making bottles , consisting of a silicate of sodium , calcium , and aluminium
bottle gourd
an Old World cucurbitaceous climbing plant, Lagenaria siceraria , having large hard-shelled gourds as fruits
bottle green
Something that is bottle-green is dark green in colour.
bottle-opener
A bottle-opener is a metal device for removing caps or tops from bottles.
bottle party
a party to which guests bring drink
bottle store
a shop or part of a hotel where alcohol is sold in unopened containers for consumption elsewhere
bottle-washer
a menial or factotum
brandy bottle
an aquatic nymphaeaceous plant, Nuphar lutea , of Europe and N Asia, having floating heart-shaped leaves and yellow flowers
Klein bottle
a surface formed by inserting the smaller end of an open tapered tube through the surface of the tube and making this end contiguous with the other end
Nansen bottle
an instrument used by oceanographers for obtaining samples of sea water from a desired depth
oxygen bottle
a metal cylinder containing oxygen under pressure
scent bottle
a bottle of perfume
siphon bottle
a heavy, sealed bottle with a tube on the inside connected at the top with a nozzle and valve which, when opened, allows the flow of pressurized , carbonated water contained within
vacuum bottle
A vacuum bottle is the same as a → vacuum flask .
water bottle
A water bottle is a small container for carrying water to drink on a long journey .
Woulfe bottle
a bottle with more than one neck , used for passing gases through liquids
bottle episode
an episode of a television series in which the action takes place in a single location using only a few actors
dropper bottle
A dropper bottle is a container from which medicine is administered using a device that lets the medicine out in drops .
feeding bottle
A feeding bottle is a plastic bottle with a special rubber top through which a baby can suck milk or other liquids.
magnetic bottle
a configuration of magnetic fields for containing plasma
medicine bottle
a small bottle used to hold medicine
nursing bottle
A nursing bottle is a plastic bottle with a special rubber top through which a baby can suck milk or another liquid.
squeeze bottle
a plastic container for a liquid or paste , designed to dispense its contents when squeezed
expansion bottle
a tank collecting coolant from a radiator while an engine is heated, and from which the coolant returns to the radiator when the engine cools
hit the bottle
to start drinking too much alcohol, usually because something very unpleasant or upsetting has happened to you
open a bottle
If you open a bottle , you remove the cork or cap .
hot-water bottle
A hot-water bottle is a rubber container that you fill with hot water and put in a bed to make it warm.
spin the bottle
a kissing game played by young people, in which a bottle is laid on its side and spun to point to the one to be kissed