[bot.tle] n, often attrib [ME botel, fr. MF bouteille, fr. ML butticula, dim. of LL buttis cask] (14c) 1 a: a rigid or semirigid container typically of glass or plastic having a comparatively narrow neck or mouth and usu. no handle b: a usu. 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 b: liquid food (as milk) used in place of mother's milk -- bot.tle.ful n
[2]bottle vt bot.tled ; bot.tling (1600) 1: to confine as if in a bottle: restrain--usu. used with up "bottling up their anger"
2: to put into a bottle -- bot.tler n