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bottle

UK/ˈbɒt.l̩/ US/ˈbɑ.tl̩/ common informal slang uk
noun (2) verb (2)

noun

1.
2.

the quantity contained in a bottle

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verb

1.

store (liquids or gases) in bottles

2.

put into bottles

  • “bottle the mineral water”

Origin

From Middle English bottle, botel, buttle, from Old English botl (“building, house”), from Proto-West Germanic *bōþl, from Proto-Germanic *budlą, *buþlą, *bōþlą (“house, dwelling, farm”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰōw- (literally “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 bytlan (“to build”). More at build.

Phrases

  • baby bottle
  • baby's bottle
  • bawdy-house bottle
  • beer bottle
  • blue bottle
  • blue bottle experiment
  • Bologna bottle
  • Boston round bottle
  • bottle away
  • bottle down
  • bottle it
  • bottle off

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