bottle

bottle
I UK [ˈbɒt(ə)l] / US [ˈbɑt(ə)l] noun
Word forms "bottle":
singular bottle plural bottles
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1)
a) [countable] a glass or plastic container for liquids, usually with a narrow part at the top that is called the neck

an empty beer bottle

bottle of:

a bottle of champagne/perfume/cooking oil

b) the liquid in a bottle, or the amount that a bottle contains

Between them, they drank the whole bottle.

2) [countable] a plastic container used for giving babies milk or other drinks. It has a rubber part at the top called a teat.
3) [uncountable] British informal the confidence or courage that you need to do something difficult or frightening

Nobody had the bottle to ask him why he'd done it.

He lost his bottle and couldn't jump.

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hit the bottle/take to the bottle — informal to start drinking a lot of alcohol

He hit the bottle after losing his job.


II UK [ˈbɒt(ə)l] / US [ˈbɑt(ə)l] verb [transitive]
Word forms "bottle":
present tense I/you/we/they bottle he/she/it bottles present participle bottling past tense bottled past participle bottled
1) to put a liquid into bottles in order to sell it or store it
2) to put fruit or vegetables into special glass containers so they can be kept for a long time
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Phrasal verbs:

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  • Bottle — Bot tle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bottled}p. pr. & vb. n. {Bottling}.] To put into bottles; to inclose in, or as in, a bottle or bottles; to keep or restrain as in a bottle; as, to bottle wine or porter; to bottle up one s wrath. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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