to bottle water
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2.0
- phrasal verb
- /ˈbɑːtəl ˈwɔːtər/
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
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1.6
To put liquid into bottles for sale or storage
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3.0
To put a liquid into a large container for storage
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4.8
To put things into a large round container to keep or move them
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'.