BOTTLE


Meaning of BOTTLE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ bɒt(ə)l ]

( bottles, bottling, bottled)

Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.

1.

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

A bottle of something is an amount of it contained in a bottle.

He had drunk half a bottle of whisky.

N-COUNT : usu N of n

2.

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.

VERB : V n , V-ed

3.

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.

N-COUNT : usu with supp

4.

see also bottled , feeding bottle , hot-water bottle , water bottle

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