Bottle - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈbɑːtl|  American pronunciation of the word bottle
Brit.  |ˈbɒt(ə)l|  British pronunciation of the word bottle

noun

- a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or capped
- the quantity contained in a bottle
- a vessel fitted with a flexible teat and filled with milk or formula; used as a substitute for breast feeding infants and very young children

verb

- store (liquids or gases) in bottles
- put into bottles
bottle the mineral water

Extra examples

We drank a bottle of wine.

He says he's lost too many years to the bottle, and that he's giving up alcohol.

Her struggles with the bottle affected her entire family.

Has the baby finished her bottle yet?

The restaurant bottles its own ginger ale.

Near the top of the mountain, the climbers relied on bottled oxygen to breathe.

Father is in the garage, bottling up his homemade beer.

Between us, we drank three bottles of wine.

My first baby just wouldn't take a bottle at all.

I never thought she'd have the bottle to do it!

The whisky is bottled here before being sent abroad.

Should we open another bottle of wine?

He squeezed the bottle until a few drops came out.

The baby still drinks from a bottle.

He grabbed the neck of the bottle.

Phrasal verbs

bottle up  — consciously restrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: bottle
he/she/it: bottles
present participle: bottling
past tense: bottled
past participle: bottled
noun
singular: bottle
plural: bottles
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