BOTTLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bottle mean? 

• BOTTLE (noun)
  The noun BOTTLE has 3 senses:

1. 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

2. the quantity contained in a bottle

3. 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

  Familiarity information: BOTTLE used as a noun is uncommon.

• BOTTLE (verb)
  The verb BOTTLE has 2 senses:

1. store (liquids or gases) in bottles

2. put into bottles

  Familiarity information: BOTTLE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BOTTLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("bottle" is a kind of...):

vessel (an object used as a container (especially for liquids))

Meronyms (parts of "bottle"):

bottlecap (a cap that seals a bottle)

mouth (the opening of a jar or bottle)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bottle"):

carafe; decanter (a bottle with a stopper; for serving wine or water)

wine bottle (a bottle for holding wine)

whiskey bottle (a bottle for holding whiskey)

water bottle (a bottle for holding water)

specimen bottle (a bottle for holding urine specimens)

smelling bottle (a bottle containing smelling salts)

pop bottle; soda bottle (a bottle for holding soft drinks)

pill bottle (a small bottle for holding pills)

ampoule; ampul; ampule; phial; vial (a small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle))

jug (a large bottle with a narrow mouth)

ink bottle; inkpot (a bottle of ink)

calabash; gourd (bottle made from the dried shell of a bottle gourd)

flask (bottle that has a narrow neck)

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

crewet; cruet (bottle that holds wine or oil or vinegar for the table)

catsup bottle; ketchup bottle (a bottle that holds catsup)

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

beer bottle (a bottle that holds beer)

Derivation:

bottle (put into bottles)

bottle (store (liquids or gases) in bottles)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The quantity contained in a bottle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

bottle; bottleful

Hypernyms ("bottle" is a kind of...):

containerful (the quantity that a container will hold)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bottle"):

split (a bottle containing half the usual amount)

Derivation:

bottle (put into bottles)

Sense 3

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

bottle; feeding bottle; nursing bottle

Hypernyms ("bottle" is a kind of...):

vessel (an object used as a container (especially for liquids))

Meronyms (parts of "bottle"):

nipple (a flexible cap on a baby's feeding bottle or pacifier)

• BOTTLE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they bottle    ... he / she / it bottles   
Past simple: bottled   
Past participle: bottled   
-ing form: bottling   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Store (liquids or gases) in bottles

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "bottle" is one way to...):

store (find a place for and put away for storage)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

bottle (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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Put into bottles

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

bottle the mineral water

Hypernyms (to "bottle" is one way to...):

lay; place; pose; position; put; set (put into a certain place or abstract location)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

bottle (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)

bottle (the quantity contained in a bottle)

bottler (a manufacturer that makes and bottles beverages)

 Context examples 

Other items spotted in the stew of plastic include bottles, plates, buoys, ropes and even a toilet seat.

(Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch Growing Rapidly, Study Finds, VOA)

Serve out plenty of whisky to the hunters and see that a few bottles slip for’ard.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

These are normally found in and around the home in the form of open bottles, old tyres, uncovered water tanks and flowerpots.

(Thyme oil and corn starch prove deadly for mosquito larvae, SciDev.Net)

When Dr. Seward saw me he jumped up with a horrified exclamation, and hurriedly taking a case-bottle from a cupboard, gave me some brandy, which in a few minutes somewhat restored me.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

In the cases of this study, the plastic that showed up in people is associated with eating plastic wrapped foods, and drinking from plastic bottles.

(Researchers Discover Microplastics in 100 Percent of People Studied, VOA)

A formidable array of bottles and test-tubes, with the pungent cleanly smell of hydrochloric acid, told me that he had spent his day in the chemical work which was so dear to him.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Many pesticides applied to the gardens remain unknown since the labels were removed from the bottles before the pesticides were given to the workers for application.

(Lychee deaths linked to pesticides, not the fruit, SciDev.Net)

Though it was already eight o'clock (late breakfasts had followed naturally upon cessation of the steady work at mining) a candle in the neck of a bottle lighted the meal.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

A dosing unit equal to the amount of active ingredient(s) contained in a bottle.

(Bottle Dosing Unit, NCI Thesaurus)

“Sister Lavinia,” said Miss Clarissa, “take my smelling-bottle.”

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)