English Explanatory Dictionary

bottle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A container, typically made of glass or plastic and having a tapered neck, used primarily for holding liquids.
  2. The contents of such a container.
  3. A container with a rubber nipple used for giving liquids to infants, a baby bottle.
  4. (originally bottle and glass as rhyming slang for "arse") Nerve, courage.
  5. A container of hair dye, hence with one’s hair color produced by dyeing.
  6. Intoxicating liquor; alcohol.
verb
  1. To seal (a liquid) into a bottle for later consumption. Also fig.
  2. To feed (an infant) baby formula.
  3. To refrain from doing (something) at the last moment because of a sudden loss of courage.
  4. To throw away a leading position.
  5. To strike (someone) with a bottle.
  6. To pelt (a musical act on stage, etc.) with bottles as a sign of disapproval.
  7. Of pages printed several on a sheet: to rotate slightly when the sheet is folded two or more times.
noun
  1. A dwelling; habitation.
  2. A building; house.
noun
  1. A bundle, especially of hay; something tied in a bundle.

Pronunciation

/ˈbɒt.l̩/ en-uk-a bottle.ogg en-uk-London-bottle.ogg bŏtʹəl /ˈbɑ.tl̩/ en-us-bottle.ogg en-ca-bottle.ogg /ˈbɔʔʊ/ /ˈbɔʈɪl/ /-əl/

Word forms

bottle bottles bottling bottled

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeHw-der. Ancient Greekbor.? Latin buttis Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -culus Late Latin butticula Old French boteillebor. Middle English botel English bottle From Middle English botel (“bottle, flask, wineskin”), from Old French boteille, from Late Latin butticula, diminutive of buttis (“cask”). Doublet of botija. Displaced native pinne and non-native Old English ampella. Partially displaced Old English flasce.

Synonyms

baby's bottle feeding bottle nursing bottle balls courage guts nerve pluck

Antonyms

cowardice

Related words

butler butt 🍼 flagon flask jar

Derived words

baby bottle baby's bottle bawdy-house bottle beer bottle blown-in-the-bottle bluebottle blue bottle blue bottle experiment Bologna bottle Boston round bottle bottle and glass bottle-arse bottle bank bottle-blond bottle blonde bottle blond bottle brush bottlebrush bottle cage bottle cap bottlecap bottle chart bottle club bottle collar bottle crate Bottle Creek bottle dance bottle deposit bottle drive bottle episode bottle-fed bottle-feed bottlefeeder bottle-feeder bottle feeder bottle fight bottlefish bottle flipping bottle-flipping bottlefly bottleful Bottlegate bottle gentian bottle girl bottle glorifier bottle gourd bottle grass bottle green bottle hanger bottlehead bottleholder bottle-horse bottle house bottle imp bottle jack bottle jaw bottle job bottle kiln bottleless bottlelike

Translations

Afrikaans: bottel Ainu: トㇰクリ Albanian: shishe Southern Altai: шише Southern Altai: бутылка Southern Altai: бутулка Amharic: ጠርሙዝ Arabic: زُجَاجَة Arabic: قِنِّينَة Arabic: قزازة Arabic: بطل Arabic: قارورة Arabic: قُزازة Arabic: قرعة Arabic: قنّينة Arabic: قنية Aragonese: botella Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܩܲܢܝܼܢܬܵܐ Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܘܿܛܘܼܠܵܐ Archi: шуша Armenian: շիշ Aromanian: shíshe Assamese: বটল Asturian: botella Aukan: bataa Avar: шиша Azerbaijani: şüşə Azerbaijani: butulka Bangi: molangi Bashkir: шешә Basque: botila Belarusian: бутэ́лька Bengali: বোতল Breton: boutailh Bulgarian: бути́лка Bulgarian: шише́ Burmese: ပုလင်း Catalan: ampolla Catalan: botella Catalan: bòtil Chichewa: botolo Chickasaw: kitoba Chinese Cantonese: 樽 Chinese Cantonese: 瓶 Chinese: пинзы Chinese: 矸仔 Eastern Min Chinese: 瓶瓶 Hakka Chinese: 盎仔 Jin Chinese: 瓶子 Chinese Mandarin: 瓶子 Chinese Mandarin: 瓶 Wu Chinese: 瓶 Wu Chinese: 瓶子 Chinook Jargon: laputay Chukchi: тэнмэмлыёчгын Coptic: ⲃⲁⲗⲕⲟⲩ Corsican: buttiglia Crimean Tatar: şişe Czech: láhev Czech: flaška
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