(~s, bottling, ~d)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ 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 ~s on the table...
He was pulling the cork from a ~ of wine.
...Victorian scent ~s.
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A ~ of something is an amount of it contained in a ~.
He had drunk half a ~ of whisky.
N-COUNT: usu N of n
2.
To ~ a drink or other liquid means to put it into ~s after it has been made.
This is a large truck which has equipment to automatically ~ the wine.
...~d water.
VERB: V n, V-ed
3.
A ~ 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 ~d , feeding ~ , hot-water ~ , water ~