bottle

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/ˈbɒt.l̩/

noun 8verb 5

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

VERB + BOTTLE

fill

He filled several bottles with juice before the picnic.

empty | break/crack open

open, uncork

We uncorked a bottle of wine during dinner last night.

drink, have, wash sth down with

After the long hike, we drank a bottle of cold water in the shade.

share | bring

BOTTLE + NOUN

top | opener | bank | feeding

PREP

over a/the ~

The friends settled their disagreement over a bottle of beer after work.

~ of

PHRASES

be on the bottle | hit the bottle/take to the bottle

Definitions

noun

A container, typically made of glass or plastic and having a tapered neck, used primarily for holding liquids.

Beer is often sold in bottles.

He had one hand on the bounce bottle—and he’d never let go of that since he got back to the table—but he had a handkerchief in the other and was swabbing his deadlights with it.

The contents of such a container.

I only drank a bottle of beer.

A container with a rubber nipple used for giving liquids to infants, a baby bottle.

The baby wants a bottle.

With Marvin getting older ... and walking now ... I thought it was time to start weaning him off of his bottle.

(originally bottle and glass as rhyming slang for "arse") Nerve, courage.

You don’t have the bottle to do that!

He was going to ask her out, but he lost his bottle when he saw her.

A container of hair dye, hence with one’s hair color produced by dyeing.

Did you know he’s a bottle brunette? His natural hair color is strawberry blonde.

verb

To seal (a liquid) into a bottle for later consumption. Also fig.

This plant bottles vast quantities of spring water every day.

The temptation is to regard him [John Ogdon] as an idiot savant, a big talent bottled inside a recalcitrant body and accompanied by a personality that seems not just unremarkable, but almost entirely blank.

To feed (an infant) baby formula.

Because of complications she can't breast feed her baby and so she bottles him.

To refrain from doing (something) at the last moment because of a sudden loss of courage.

The rider bottled the big jump.

To throw away a leading position.

Arsenal bottled the Premier League.

To strike (someone) with a bottle.

He was bottled at a nightclub and had to have facial surgery.

noun

A dwelling; habitation.

A building; house.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the quantity contained in a bottle

bottleful

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

hit the bottle

To drink alcohol steadily and in excess, particularly in response to a setback.

He's been hitting the bottle hard since his wife left him.

bottle up

To put into bottles.

old wine in a new bottle

An existing concept or institution offered as though it were a new one.

Finally, some critics argue that evolutionary psychology is old wine in a new bottle — the old instinct theory in a new package.

bottle away

To store up or stock up.

the genie is out of the bottle

Information has been released that will have ongoing consequences.

It's been widely rumored the network was planning to cancel the show, but now the genie is out of the bottle and fans are furious.

Example Bank

Beer is often sold in bottles.

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He had one hand on the bounce bottle—and he’d never let go of that since he got back to the table—but he had a handkerchief in the other and was swabbing his deadlights with it.

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I only drank a bottle of beer.

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This plant bottles vast quantities of spring water every day.

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The temptation is to regard him [John Ogdon] as an idiot savant, a big talent bottled inside a recalcitrant body and accompanied by a personality that seems not just unremarkable, but almost entirely

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Because of complications she can't breast feed her baby and so she bottles him.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, bottle is marked as informal, slang, obsolete, British, UK. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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