bottle

/ˈbɑdl/

/ˈbɒtəl/

Other forms: bottles; bottled; bottling

A bottle is a container, often made of glass, that gets narrower toward the top. You can choose to buy soda in cans or bottles.

Some people drink chocolate milk from a bottle, and others prefer to sip a bottle of beer. Babies drink from a bottle that's made of glass or plastic and topped with a nipple. To bottle something is to put or store it — usually a liquid or a gas — in bottles. Colloquially, someone "hits the bottle" when they drink too much alcohol. And if you keep your feelings to yourself, you can say you tend to "bottle things up."

Definitions of bottle

1. noun

   a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or capped
   types:

   beer bottle

   a bottle that holds beer

   carafe, decanter

   a bottle with a stopper; for serving wine or water

   carboy

   a large bottle for holding corrosive liquids; usually cushioned in a special container

   catsup bottle, ketchup bottle

   a bottle that holds catsup

   crewet, cruet

   bottle that holds wine or oil or vinegar for the table

   demijohn

   large bottle with a short narrow neck; often has small handles at neck and is enclosed in wickerwork

   flask

   bottle that has a narrow neck

   calabash, gourd

   bottle made from the dried shell of a bottle gourd

   ink bottle, inkpot

   a bottle of ink

   jug

   a large bottle with a narrow mouth

   ampoule, ampul, ampule, phial, vial

   a small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle)

   pill bottle

   a small bottle for holding pills

   pop bottle, soda bottle

   a bottle for holding soft drinks

   smelling bottle

   a bottle containing smelling salts

   specimen bottle

   a bottle for holding urine specimens

   water bottle

   a bottle for holding water

   whiskey bottle

   a bottle for holding whiskey

   wine bottle

   a bottle for holding wine

   ampulla

   a flask that has two handles; used by Romans for wines or oils

   bellarmine, greybeard, long-beard, longbeard

   a stoneware drinking jug with a long neck; decorated with a caricature of Cardinal Bellarmine (17th century)

   bota

   a wine bottle made of leather

   canteen

   a flask for carrying water; used by soldiers or travelers

   Erlenmeyer flask

   a conical flask with a wide base and narrow neck

   hipflask, pocket flask

   a flask that holds spirits

   double-magnum, jeroboam

   a large wine bottle (holds 4/5 of a gallon)

   lota

   a globular water bottle used in Asia

   magnum

   a large wine bottle for liquor or wine

   nebuchadnezzar

   a very large wine bottle holding the equivalent of 20 normal bottles of wine; used especially for display

   round-bottom flask

   a spherical flask with a narrow neck

   vacuum bottle, vacuum flask

   flask with double walls separated by vacuum; used to maintain substances at high or low temperatures

   water jug

   a jug that holds water

   whiskey jug

   a jug that contains whiskey

   type of:

   vessel

   an object used as a container (especially for liquids)
2. noun

   a vessel fitted with a flexible teat and filled with milk or formula; used as a substitute for breast feeding infants and very young children
   synonyms: feeding bottle, nursing bottle

   type of:

   vessel

   an object used as a container (especially for liquids)
3. noun

   the quantity contained in a bottle
   synonyms: bottleful

   types:

   split

   a bottle containing half the usual amount

   type of:

   containerful

   the quantity that a container will hold
4. verb

   put into bottles
   “bottle the mineral water”

   type of:

   lay, place, pose, position, put, set

   put into a certain place or abstract location
5. verb

   store (liquids or gases) in bottles
   type of:

   store

   find a place for and put away for storage