often attributive
1
a
: a rigid or semirigid container typically of glass or plastic having a comparatively narrow neck or mouth and usually no handle
b
: a usually bottle-shaped container made of skin for storing a liquid
2
: the quantity held by a bottle
3
a
: intoxicating drink : the practice of drinking
slipped deeper and deeper into the bottle—
Anne Bernays
Anne Bernays
b
: liquid food (such as milk) used in place of mother's milk
bottled; bottling
ˈbä-tᵊl-iŋ 
ˈbät-liŋ
1
a
: to confine as if in a bottle : restrain
—usually used with up
bottling up their anger
b
: to put or keep in a position or situation that makes free activity, progress, or escape difficult or impossible
—usually used with up
bottle up legislation in committee
2
: to put into or as if into a bottle
wished she could bottle their energy
Synonyms
Examples of bottle in a Sentence
Noun
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?
raised on a bottle instead of breast milk
Verb
The restaurant bottles its own ginger ale.
Near the top of the mountain, the climbers relied on bottled oxygen to breathe.
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Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
Wynn Las Vegas Director of Wine Brian Weitzman leads this charge, constantly pursuing prestigious bottle acquisitions.
—Melinda Sheckells, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Nov. 2024
Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Celine sells lighter cases made from sterling silver and lizard leather for $870, and its Nightclubbing scent has bottled the act of smoking.
—Hikmat Mohammed, WWD, 5 Nov. 2024
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Noun
After receiving information from this informant, authorities were able to test Gonzalez’s DNA against the Gatorade bottle and airbags in the car, when Gonzalez was arrested in an unrelated car theft investigation last April, according to court records.
—Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
Wynn Las Vegas Director of Wine Brian Weitzman leads this charge, constantly pursuing prestigious bottle acquisitions.
—Melinda Sheckells, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Nov. 2024
Verb
The whisky intended for bottling as 91 Straight Bourbon goes into the solera blending system.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Celine sells lighter cases made from sterling silver and lizard leather for $870, and its Nightclubbing scent has bottled the act of smoking.
—Hikmat Mohammed, WWD, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Bottle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bottle. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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bottle
noun
bot·tle
ˈbät-ᵊl
often attributive
1
: a rigid or semirigid container typically of glass or plastic having a comparatively narrow neck or mouth and usually no handle see wash bottle
2
: liquid food usually consisting of milk and supplements that is fed from a bottle (as to an infant) in place of mother's milk
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