BOTTLE


Meaning of BOTTLE in English

I. ˈbä-t ə l noun

Usage: often attributive

Etymology: Middle English botel, from Old French botele, from Medieval Latin butticula, diminutive of Late Latin buttis cask

Date: 14th century

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

b. : liquid food (as milk) used in place of mother's milk

4. slang British : mettle , courage

• bot·tle·ful -ˌfu̇l noun

II. transitive verb

( bot·tled ; bot·tling ˈbä-t ə l-iŋ, ˈbät-liŋ)

Date: 1594

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 that feeling of happiness

• bot·tler ˈbä-t ə l-ər, ˈbät-lər noun

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.