bottle

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[edit] Etymology 1

From Middle English bottle, botle, buttle, from Old English botl, bold (“abode, house, dwelling-place, mansion, hall, castle, temple”), from Proto-Germanic *budlan, *buþlan, *bōdlan, *bōþlan (“house, dwelling, farm”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhōw- (“to swell, grow, thrive, be, live, dwell”). Cognate with North Frisian budel, bodel, bol, boel (“dwelling, inheritable property”), Dutch boedel, boel (“inheritance, estate”), Danish bol (“farm”), Icelandic ból (“dwelling, abode, farm, lair”). Related to Old English byldan (“to build, construct”). More at build.

[edit] Noun

bottle (plural bottles)

  1. (UK dialectal or obsolete) A dwelling; habitation.
  2. (UK dialectal) A building; house.

[edit] Etymology 2

Anglo-Norman and Old French boteille (Modern French bouteille), from Vulgar Latin *botticula, ultimately of disputed origin. Probably a diminutive of Late Latin buttis.

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  • botl (Jamaican English)

[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. (UK, 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.
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Terms derived from the noun bottle
[edit] Translations
container used for holding liquids
contents of such a container
container with a rubber nipple used for giving liquids to infants
nerve, courage
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[edit] Verb

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, UK) To feed (an infant) baby formula.
    Because of complications she can't breast feed her baby and so she bottles him.
  3. (UK, slang) To refrain from doing (something) at the last moment because of a sudden loss of courage.
    The rider bottled the big jump.
  4. (UK, slang) To strike (someone) with a bottle.
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seal (a liquid) into a bottle for later consumption
feed (an infant) baby formula
refrain from doing (something) at the last moment because of a sudden loss of courage
strike (someone) with a bottle
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