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HOT-WATER BOTTLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hot-water bottle mean?
• HOT-WATER BOTTLE (noun)
The noun HOT-WATER BOTTLE has 1 sense:
1. a stoppered receptacle (usually made of rubber) that is to be filled with hot water and used for warming a bed or parts of the body
Familiarity information: HOT-WATER BOTTLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A stoppered receptacle (usually made of rubber) that is to be filled with hot water and used for warming a bed or parts of the body
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
hot-water bag; hot-water bottle
Hypernyms ("hot-water bottle" is a kind of...):
receptacle (a container that is used to put or keep things in)
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