bottle

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Synonyms: battle, mottle, pottle, tottle, dottle, bootle, cottle, bittle, buttle, hottle, botte

Antonyms: battle, mottle, pottle, tottle, dottle, bootle, cottle, bittle, buttle, hottle, botte

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Noun

A container, typically made of glass or plastic and having a tapered neck, used primarily for holding liquids.
- Beer is often sold in bottles.
The contents of such a container.
- I only drank a bottle of beer.
A container with a rubber nipple used for giving liquids to infants, a baby bottle.
- The baby wants a bottle.
(originally bottle and glass as rhyming slang for "arse") 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.
A container of hair dye, hence with one’s hair color produced by dyeing.
- Did you know he’s a bottle brunette? His natural hair color is strawberry blonde.
Intoxicating liquor; alcohol.
- to drown one’s troubles in the bottle
- to hit the bottle

To seal (a liquid) into a bottle for later consumption. Also fig.
- This plant bottles vast quantities of spring water every day.
To feed (an infant) baby formula.
- Because of complications she can't breast feed her baby and so she bottles him.
To refrain from doing (something) at the last moment because of a sudden loss of courage.
- The rider bottled the big jump.
To throw away a leading position.
- Arsenal bottled the Premier League.
To strike (someone) with a bottle.
- He was bottled at a nightclub and had to have facial surgery.
To pelt (a musical act on stage, etc.) with bottles as a sign of disapproval.
- Meat Loaf was once bottled at Reading Festival.
Of pages printed several on a sheet: to rotate slightly when the sheet is folded two or more times.

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