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. (British, informal) (originally "bottle and glass" as rhyming slang for "arse") Nerve, courage.
5. (attributive) A container of hair dye, hence with one’s hair color produced by dyeing.
6. (figuratively) Intoxicating liquor; alcohol.

Verb

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

Synonyms

flask

jar

🫙

glass

vessel

jug

feeding bottle

vase

nursing bottle

can

urn

bottleful

pot

bucket

🪣

container

case

box

📦

pail

pitcher

chest

sack

canister

tin

vial

baby’s bottle

cylinder

crate

earthen jar

flagon

baby bottle

🍼

mug

orifice

phial

put up

receptacle

retort

signboard

small

small bottle

spin the bottle

tankard

tub

vat

wine bottle

earthenware pot

flaskful

Fellata

small glass bottle

Fula

Fulah

amphora

🏺

Translations

bouteille

Flasche

botella

fles

bottiglia

garrafa

şişe

μπουκάλι

ampolla

φιάλη

botella

biberon

🍼

botelha

imbottigliare

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbɒt.əl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: botel

In summary

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