bottle
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- noun
- /ˈbɑːtəl/
- This is my second bottle that I have purchased.
- water bottle
- plastic bottle
- glass bottle
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Watch on YouTubeIt's a little bit like throwing a bottle into the cosmic ocean.
- It's a little bit like throwing a bottle into the cosmic ocean.
- Would you fill up a water bottle to save those million people?
- And you these are big bottles, yes, very large bottles.
- She stooped down and put the bottle in my hand.
- It's a glass bottle and it twist twice.
- Our team filled all these small bottles this afternoon.
- But once in a while I'll just open, pull up the bottle, smell it.
- Custom painted glass bottle with Elton painted on it.
- Ginger ale bottle, a bottle or a can bottle.
Examples
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There's not enough liquid left in the bottle to have it analyzed by a chemistry lab.
Fiction book (1990) -
Our team filled all these small bottles this afternoon.
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Would you fill up a water bottle to save those million people?
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Go and get the bottle in the cellar, please!
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Bottle of wine for the gentleman.
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The secretary enters the office with a bottle of whiskey, a soda siphon, and ice.
Fiction book (1990) -
Miranda gathered together the small ginger beer bottles and the heavy green wine bottle.
Fiction book (1990) -
Can you pass me the bottle of water on the table?
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She bought a glass bottle to store her homemade lemonade.
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He carefully filled the bottle with olive oil for cooking.
Synonyms
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A large container with a narrow opening for holding and pouring liquids
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A container that holds liquids like a bowl or cup
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A container with a handle and spout for holding and pouring drinks
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A narrow-necked bottle used to hold liquids, like in labs or for alcohol
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A container for carrying water to drink
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6.5
A decorative glass bottle with a stopper used to serve wine
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A glass container for serving water or wine
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A small bottle for oil or vinegar used at the table
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3.2
A small cup with a spout or straw for drinking easily
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2.5
A bottle that keeps drinks hot or cold for a long time
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2.5
A container like a cup or mug for holding liquids to drink
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A container with two walls and empty space between them that keeps drinks hot or cold
Idioms
- Informal
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8.6
New ideas put into an old way that do not bring real change
Compounds
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A container filled with hot water to warm a bed or soothe a part of the body
- Informal
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A party game where people sit in a circle and spin a bottle to kiss the person it points to
- Literature
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A note put in a bottle and thrown into the sea to be found later
- Informal
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6.5
A person whose hair is dyed or bleached to look blonde rather than naturally blonde
- Specialized
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8.4
A device that uses magnets to hold very hot gas for fusion experiments
- US
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A law that makes people pay a small deposit for drink containers and get it back when they recycle them
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A climbing plant with hard, bottle-shaped fruit used as food or dried to make containers
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3.7
A container with two walls and empty space between them that keeps drinks hot or cold
- Specialized
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4.2
A small bottle for collecting and keeping medical samples like urine
- Archaic
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8.6
A small bottle with a strong smell that helps wake someone who has fainted
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9.2
A plant from eastern North America with blue or white tube-shaped flowers that stay mostly closed
- Specialized
A lab bottle that passes gas through a liquid to clean the gas or add gas to the liquid
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Etymology
Bottle comes from an old Latin word butticula that meant a 'small barrel' or 'cask', so you can picture a little barrel used to hold liquid. That's why a bottle is a narrow-necked container for drinks.