to bottle water
- phrasal verb
- /ˈbɑːtəl ˈwɔːtər/
:
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Examples
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Go to the bar and get me a bottle of water, Peter.
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Do you mind if I have a $9 bottle of water?
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You got the bottle of water?
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- Get me another bottle of water.
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I'm gonna get a bottle of water.
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Please, all l need is a marinade needle, some salt, some sugar, couple bottles of water.
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'Cause your toothbrush is in here and there's a bottle of water.
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Please bottle some water for our hike this weekend.
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He decided to bottle water from the river to use for his garden.
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Before the picnic, we need to bottle fresh water for everyone.
Synonyms
37
1.6
To put liquid into bottles for sale or storage
4
4.8
To put things into a large round container to keep or move them
3
3.0
To put a liquid into a large container for storage
Surface Forms
Morphology
The verb 'bottle' (to fill or pack liquid into bottles) combined with the noun 'water' directly yields the meaning 'to put water into a bottle' through a literal verb + object composition. This is a straightforward, cross-linguistically common pattern that a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily understand.
Etymology
The verb bottle water comes from the simple image of pouring water into a bottle to save or carry it. So, it means 'to put water into a bottle to store or carry it'.