bottle

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Antonyms 1.3.3 Derived terms 1.3.4 Translations 1.3.5 See also 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Derived terms 1.4.2 Translations

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

French bouteille

[edit] Pronunciation

• (Canada): IPA: /ˈbɑɾ(ə)l/
• (British) IPA: /ˈbɒtəl/, SAMPA: /"bQt@l/
• (US) enPR: bŏtʹəl, IPA: /ˈbɑtəl/, SAMPA: /"bAt@l/
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• Rhymes: -ɒtəl

[edit] Noun

bottle (plural bottles)

1. A container, typically made of glass and having a tapered neck, used for holding liquids.

   Beer is often sold in bottles.

2. The contents of such a container.

   I only drank a bottle of beer.

3. A container with a rubber nipple used for giving liquids to infants

   The baby wants a bottle.

4. (British, informal) Nerve, courage.

   You don't have the bottle to do that!

   He was going to ask her out, but he lost his bottle when he saw her.

[edit] Synonyms

• (for feeding babies): baby's bottle, feeding bottle, nursing bottle (US)
• (courage): balls, courage, guts, nerve, pluck

[edit] Antonyms

• (courage): cowardice

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[edit] See also

• flagon
• flask
• jar

[edit] Verb

to bottle (third-person singular simple present bottles, present participle bottling, simple past and past participle bottled)

1. (transitive) To seal (a liquid) into a bottle for later consumption.

   This plant bottles vast quantities of spring water every day.

2. (transitive, British) To feed (an infant) baby formula.

   Because of complications she can't breast feed her baby and so she bottles him.

3. (British, slang) To refrain from doing (something) at the last moment because of a sudden loss of courage.

   The rider bottled the big jump.

4. (British, slang) To strike (someone) with a bottle.

[edit] Derived terms

• bottle up

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