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).