bottlenoun
uk/ˈbɒt.əl/us/ˈbɑː.t̬əl/bottle noun (CONTAINER)
A2 [ C ] a container for liquids, usually made of glass or plastic, with a narrow neck:
[ C ] a special container with a rubber top for giving milk and other drinks to a baby:
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- Shall we have a bottle of wine with dinner?
- I only bought a 7 ml bottle of perfume.
- Don't use all the milk, Dan - that's our last bottle.
- There's a new scheme in our town for recycling plastic bottles.
- Eleven million bottles of water had to be withdrawn from sale due to a health scare.
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Containers for liquids and gases
- aerosol
- amphora
- barrel
- bucket
- canister
- canteen
- flask
- jar
- jeroboam
- jerrycan
- jug
- keg
- Kilner jar
- oilcan
- pitcher
- vase
- vat
- vial
- water bottle
- water tank
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bottle noun (COURAGE)
[ U ] UK slang approving courage or willingness to take risks:
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Bravery
- audacious
- audacity
- balls
- bold
- bravery
- courage
- Dutch courage
- fearless
- fighting spirit
- fortitude
- gallant
- gut
- heart
- liquid courage
- nerve
- pluck
- spunk
- valorous
- valour
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Idiom(s)
bottleverb [ T ]
uk/ˈbɒt.əl/us/ˈbɑː.t̬əl/to put something into bottles or jars:
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Wrapping, packing and loading
- bag
- Bubble Wrap
- bundle
- bundle sth up
- containerize
- crate
- load
- pack
- package
- packaged
- packaging
- packet
- packing
- parcel sth up
- polystyrene
- tinned
- vacuum-packed
- wrap
- wrap sth up
- wrapper
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UK informal to not do something because you are frightened; to fail at something because you are frightened :
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Afraid
- afraid
- be like a deer/rabbit caught in the headlights idiom
- bottle out
- cower
- fear for sb/sth
- fear the worst idiom
- fearfully
- in terror of your life idiom
- intimidated
- panic
- panic-stricken
- panicky
- pants
- petrified
- quake
- terrified
- terror
- terror-stricken
- unconfident
- worst
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