bottles

8 definitions • 13 examples

a container for liquids, usually made of glass or plastic, with a narrow neck:

a milk bottle

a wine bottle

a bottle of beer/whisky

plastic bottle Plastic bottles are lighter than glass ones.

a special container with a rubber top for giving milk and other drinks to a baby:

Give the baby her bottle when she wakes up.

Most medical experts believe that breastfeeding is better than bottle-feeding.

courage or willingness to take risks:

It took a lot of bottle to do what she did.

to put something into bottles or jars:

The wine is bottled at the vineyard.

To bottle fruit you put fresh fruit into special containers.

to not do something because you are frightened; to fail at something because you are frightened :

He should have taken the penalty but he bottled it.

the habit of regularly drinking a lot of alcohol:

hit the bottle She started to hit the bottle (= drink too much alcohol) after her divorce.

a container for liquids, usually made of glass or plastic, with a narrow neck:

a bottle of perfume

to put liquid into bottles:

The soda is bottled in Atlanta.