bottle
♦♦ bot|tle /b'ɒtəl/ (bottles bottling bottled)
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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 beer bottles on the table...
He was pulling the cork from a bottle of wine.
...Victorian scent bottles.
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A bottle of something is an amount of it contained in a bottle.
He had drunk half a bottle of whisky.
2 [VERB] V n, V-ed
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.
...bottled water.
3 [N-COUNT] usu with supp
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.
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see also bottled, feeding bottle, water bottle, water bottlebot|tle bank (bottle banks)
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A bottle bank is a large container into which people can put empty bottles so that the glass can be used again. (BRIT)bot|tle shop (bottle shops)
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A bottle shop is a shop which sells wine, beer, and other alcoholic drinks. (AUSTRALIAN)bottle up
[PHRASAL VERB] V n P, V P n (not pron)
If you bottle up strong feelings, you do not express them or show them, especially when this makes you tense or angry.
Tension in the home increases if you bottle things up...
Be assertive rather than bottle up your anger.feed|ing bot|tle (feeding bottles)
also feeding-bottle
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A feeding bottle is a plastic bottle with a special rubber top through which a baby can suck milk or other liquids. (mainly BRIT; in AM, use nursing bottle)hot-water bot|tle (hot-water bottles)
also hot water bottle
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A hot-water bottle is a rubber container that you fill with hot water and put in a bed to make it warm.nurs|ing bot|tle (nursing bottles)
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A nursing bottle is a plastic bottle with a special rubber top through which a baby can suck milk or another liquid. (AM; in BRIT, use feeding bottle)vacuum bot|tle (vacuum bottles)
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A vacuum bottle is the same as a vacuum flask. (AM)wa|ter bot|tle (water bottles)
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A water bottle is a small container for carrying water to drink on a long journey.
see also hot-water bottle
1 [N-COUNT]
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 beer bottles on the table...
He was pulling the cork from a bottle of wine.
...Victorian scent bottles.
[N-COUNT] usu N of n
A bottle of something is an amount of it contained in a bottle.
He had drunk half a bottle of whisky.
2 [VERB] V n, V-ed
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.
...bottled water.
3 [N-COUNT] usu with supp
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.
4
see also bottled, feeding bottle, water bottle, water bottlebot|tle bank (bottle banks)
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A bottle bank is a large container into which people can put empty bottles so that the glass can be used again. (BRIT)bot|tle shop (bottle shops)
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A bottle shop is a shop which sells wine, beer, and other alcoholic drinks. (AUSTRALIAN)bottle up
[PHRASAL VERB] V n P, V P n (not pron)
If you bottle up strong feelings, you do not express them or show them, especially when this makes you tense or angry.
Tension in the home increases if you bottle things up...
Be assertive rather than bottle up your anger.feed|ing bot|tle (feeding bottles)
also feeding-bottle
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A feeding bottle is a plastic bottle with a special rubber top through which a baby can suck milk or other liquids. (mainly BRIT; in AM, use nursing bottle)hot-water bot|tle (hot-water bottles)
also hot water bottle
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A hot-water bottle is a rubber container that you fill with hot water and put in a bed to make it warm.nurs|ing bot|tle (nursing bottles)
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A nursing bottle is a plastic bottle with a special rubber top through which a baby can suck milk or another liquid. (AM; in BRIT, use feeding bottle)vacuum bot|tle (vacuum bottles)
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A vacuum bottle is the same as a vacuum flask. (AM)wa|ter bot|tle (water bottles)
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A water bottle is a small container for carrying water to drink on a long journey.
see also hot-water bottle