bottle (bottles plural & 3rd person present) (bottling present participle) (bottled past tense & past participle )
1 n-count A bottle 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 bottles on the table..., He was pulling the cork from a bottle of wine., ...Victorian scent bottles.
A bottleof something is an amount of it contained in a bottle., n-count usu N of n
He had drunk half a bottle of whisky.
2 verb To bottle a drink or other liquid means to put it into bottles after it has been made.
This is a large truck which has equipment to automatically bottle the wine. V n
...bottled water. V-ed
3 n-count A bottle is a drinking container used by babies. It has a special rubber part at the top through which they can suck their drink.
usu with supp
4 →
bottled →
feeding bottle →
hot-water bottle →
water bottle bottle up phrasal verb If you bottle up strong feelings, you do not express them or show them, especially when this makes you tense or angry.,
(disapproval)
Tension in the home increases if you bottle things up... V n P Be assertive rather than bottle up your anger. V P n (not pron)
bottle bank (bottle banks plural )A bottle bank is a large container into which people can put empty bottles so that the glass can be used again.
(BRIT) n-count
bottle-feed (bottle-feeds 3rd person present) (bottle-feeding present participle) (bottle-fed past tense & past participle )If you bottle-feed a baby, you give it milk or a liquid like milk in a bottle rather than the baby sucking milk from its mother's breasts. verb
(Antonym: breast feed)
New fathers love bottle feeding their babies. V n
...a bottle-fed baby. V-ed
bottle-green , bottle green
Something that is bottle-green is dark green in colour. colour
bottle-opener (bottle-openers plural )A bottle-opener is a metal device for removing caps or tops from bottles. n-count
feeding bottle (feeding bottles plural ), feeding-bottle A feeding bottle is a plastic bottle with a special rubber top through which a baby can suck milk or other liquids.
(mainly BRIT) n-count
in AM, use nursing bottle
hot-water bottle (hot-water bottles plural ), hot water bottle A hot-water bottle is a rubber container that you fill with hot water and put in a bed to make it warm. n-count
nursing bottle (nursing bottles plural )A nursing bottle is a plastic bottle with a special rubber top through which a baby can suck milk or another liquid.
(AM) n-count
in BRIT, use feeding bottle
vacuum bottle (vacuum bottles plural )A vacuum bottle is the same as a vacuum flask.
(AM) n-count
water bottle (water bottles plural )A water bottle is a small container for carrying water to drink on a long journey. n-count
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hot-water bottle
