bottle of wine
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- noun
- /ˈbɑːtəl əv waɪn/
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botella de vino
- I had bought a bottle of wine.
The countryside parents open a bottle of wine on the patio.
- The countryside parents open a bottle of wine on the patio.
- I'm also pretty thin, but after a bottle of wine I'll be pretty sloshed.
- We could share a bottle of wine and see where it goes.
- The guy comes in with two bottles of wine and he said you need this.
- So someone gave her a bottle of wine and it's in our fridge.
- I think there is potential for a high value bottle of wine in there, but we don't know.
- They have stocked it with a very nice bottle of wine, vodka, tequila, and Scotch whisky.
- Wow, that is an impressive way to open a bottle of wine.
- So I was thanking him and he brought me a whole bottle of wine.
- Bro there's going to be like several bottles of wine a day.
- I have to buy the pizza and the bottles of wine.
Examples
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I was wondering if maybe you wanted to come over tonight, open a bottle of wine, maybe watch a video?
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And sure enough, half an hour later, her husband shows up and he's got a bottle of wine and a guest.
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We could share a bottle of wine and see where it goes.
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What if I were to open a bottle of wine?
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Somebody left out a bottle of wine here.
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Can we get another bottle of wine, please?
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Well, I got a bottle of wine for your big date...
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She'd spend the little money she had left on a good bottle of wine and a meal.
Fiction book (1996) -
Allen and I stayed up, ordered a bottle of wine, and sat drinking and talking with Alice.
Fiction book (1993) -
Let's enjoy a relaxing evening with a bottle of wine by the fireplace.
Synonyms
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A glass container for keeping and pouring wine
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A decorative glass bottle with a stopper used to serve wine
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A glass container for serving water or wine
A very large wine bottle that holds about three liters
A very large wine bottle that holds about 15 liters
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Morphology
The meaning 'a glass container holding wine' is directly and compositionally derived from 'bottle' (a receptacle) + 'of' (partitive/genitive marker) + 'wine' (the liquid), following a basic noun + of + noun pattern. This structure is cross-linguistically common and literal, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Bottle of wine paints a simple picture: a bottle is a glass container that holds wine, so the phrase means one container of wine for 'drinking' or 'sharing'.