bottle

[[t]bɒ̱t(ə)l[/t]]

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bottles, bottling, bottled

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 To bottle a drink or other liquid means to put it into bottles after it has been made.

[V n] This is a large truck which has equipment to automatically bottle the wine.

[V-ed] ...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.

Gary was holding a bottle to the baby's lips.

N-COUNT: with supp

A bottle of milk or other drink is an amount of it contained in a baby's bottle.

4) VERB To bottle fruit means to put it into special jars, in order to preserve it.

[V n] Did she do things like bottling fruit or making jam?

[V-ed] ...bottled plums.

5) N-UNCOUNT Bottle is used to refer to courage or boldness. [BRIT, INFORMAL]

But will anyone have the bottle to go through with it?

6) → See also , feeding bottle, , water bottle

7) PHRASE: V inflects If someone hits the bottle, they drink a lot of alcohol. [INFORMAL]

After my mother died my father started hitting the bottle.

8) PHRASE: V inflects If you say that someone has bottled it, you mean that they have lost their courage at the last moment and have not done something they intended to do. [BRIT, INFORMAL]

He was scheduled to appear on the Russell Harty Show, but bottled it at the last minute.

Phrasal Verbs:

- bottle out

- bottle up