BOTTLE


Meaning of BOTTLE in English

bottle 1

— bottlelike , adj.

/bot"l/ , n. , v. , bottled, bottling .

n.

1. a portable container for holding liquids, characteristically having a neck and mouth and made of glass or plastic.

2. the contents of such a container; as much as such a container contains: a bottle of wine.

3. bottled cow's milk, milk formulas, or substitute mixtures given to infants instead of mother's milk: raised on the bottle.

4. hit the bottle , Slang. to drink alcohol to excess often or habitually.

5. the bottle , intoxicating beverages; liquor: He became addicted to the bottle.

v.t.

6. to put into or seal in a bottle: to bottle grape juice.

7. Brit. to preserve (fruit or vegetables) by heating to a sufficient temperature and then sealing in a jar.

8. bottle up ,

a. to repress, control, or restrain: He kept all of his anger bottled up inside him.

b. to enclose or entrap: Traffic was bottled up in the tunnel.

[ 1325-75; ME botel bo ( u ) teille butticula, equiv. to LL butti ( s ) BUTT 4 + -cula -CULE 1 ]

bottle 2

/bot"l/ , n. Archit.

boltel (def. 2).

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .