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
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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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Jennifer Weil, WWD, 19 Nov. 2024
The Bungalow Package offers an enclave with a track view and nightly bottle service for up to six guests.
—Melinda Sheckells, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Nov. 2024
Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
Indeed, Garrison Brothers has been bottling quality bourbon in this part of the world since 2010.
—Brad Japhe, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
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Noun
Kawakubo dreamed up its asymmetric bottle, resembling a pebble that has to lie flat.
—Jennifer Weil, WWD, 19 Nov. 2024
The Bungalow Package offers an enclave with a track view and nightly bottle service for up to six guests.
—Melinda Sheckells, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Nov. 2024
Verb
Expected to be open by October 2025, Ainsley’s Spout House will feature local craft beers and wine from the Santa Cruz Mountains, including Ainsley’s pinot noir with grapes grown and bottled by Alan Ainsley Hicks, great-grandson of John Colpitts (JC) Ainsley.
—Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
Indeed, Garrison Brothers has been bottling quality bourbon in this part of the world since 2010.
—Brad Japhe, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
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“Bottle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bottle. Accessed 30 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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