BOTTLE


Meaning of BOTTLE in English

/ ˈbɒtl; NAmE ˈbɑːtl/ noun , verb

■ noun

1.

[ C ] a glass or plastic container, usually round with straight sides and a narrow neck, used especially for storing liquids :

a wine / beer / milk bottle

Put the top back on the bottle.

—picture at glass

2.

[ C ] (also bottle·ful / -fʊl; NAmE /) the amount contained in a bottle :

He drank a whole bottle of wine.

3.

the bottle [ sing. ] ( informal ) alcoholic drink :

After his wife died, he really hit the bottle (= started drinking heavily) .

4.

[ C , usually sing. ] a bottle used to give milk to a baby; the milk from such a bottle (used instead of mother's milk) :

It's time for her bottle.

5.

[ U ] ( BrE , informal ) courage or confidence, for example to do sth that is dangerous or unpleasant

SYN nerve :

It took a lot of bottle to do that.

■ verb [ vn ]

1.

to put a liquid into a bottle :

The wines are bottled after three years.

2.

to put fruit or vegetables into glass containers in order to preserve them

►  bot·tled adjective :

bottled beer / water / pickles

bottled gas (= sold in metal containers for use in heating and cooking)

IDIOMS

- bottle it

PHRASAL VERBS

- bottle out (of sth / doing sth)

- bottle sth up

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WORD ORIGIN

late Middle English : from Old French boteille , from medieval Latin butticula , diminutive of late Latin buttis cask.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.