bottle

Meaning

Noun

1. A container, typically made of glass or plastic and having a tapered neck, used primarily for holding liquids.
2. The contents of such a container.
3. A container with a rubber nipple used for giving liquids to infants, a baby bottle.
4. (informal) (originally "bottle and glass" as rhyming slang for "arse") Nerve, courage.
5. A container of hair dye, hence with one’s hair color produced by dyeing.
6. Intoxicating liquor; alcohol.

Verb

1. To seal (a liquid) into a bottle for later consumption. Also fig.
2. To feed (an infant) baby formula.
3. (slang) To refrain from doing (something) at the last moment because of a sudden loss of courage.
4. (slang) To throw away a leading position.
5. (slang) To strike (someone) with a bottle.
6. (slang) To pelt (a musical act on stage, etc.) with bottles as a sign of disapproval.
7. Of pages printed several on a sheet: to rotate slightly when the sheet is folded two or more times.

Concepts

bottle

flask

jar

glass

jug

vessel

feeding bottle

vase

can

urn

nursing bottle

bottleful

bucket

case

container

pot

box

chest

pail

sack

tin

baby’s bottle

vial

pitcher

canister

crate

cylinder

earthen jar

flagon

baby bottle

ferry

tub

vat

put up

carafe

cruet

decanter

dipper

gourd

mug

tankard

small bottle

courage

illness

banjo

hatch

hatchway

bomb

retort

beaker

flint

amphora

ampule

canteen

Fellata

Fula

Fulah

flaskful

bulge

bulk

wine bottle

earthenware pot

feeding-bottle

phial

small glass bottle

bijou

hole

mouth

orifice

signboard

spin the bottle

bowl

receptacle

small

capped

earthenware

Hyphenated as

bot‧tle

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbɒt.əl/

Etymology

From Middle English botel (“bottle, flask, wineskin”), from Old French boteille, from Late Latin butticula, diminutive of buttis (“cask”). Doublet of botija.
Displaced native Old English ampella and pinne. Broadly overtook Old English flasce.