BOTTLE COLLECTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bottle collection mean? 

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

1. a collection of bottles

2. the activity of collecting bottles

3. collecting bottles for reuse

  Familiarity information: BOTTLE COLLECTION used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BOTTLE COLLECTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A collection of bottles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Context example:

her bottle collection is arranged on glass shelves in the window

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

accumulation; aggregation; assemblage; collection (several things grouped together or considered as a whole)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The activity of collecting bottles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

bottle collection is a hobby of hers

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

aggregation; assembling; collecting; collection (the act of gathering something together)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Collecting bottles for reuse

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

recycling (the act of processing used or abandoned materials for use in creating new products)