Word Finder - bottle

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A container, typically made of glass or plastic and having a tapered neck, used primarily for holding liquids.

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Beer is often sold in bottles.

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The contents of such a container.

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I only drank a bottle of beer.

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A container with a rubber nipple used for giving liquids to infants, a baby bottle.

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The baby wants a bottle.

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Nerve, courage.

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He was going to ask her out, but he lost his bottle when he saw her.

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(of a person with a particular hair color) A container of hair dye, hence with one’s hair color produced by dyeing.

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Did you know he’s a bottle brunette? His natural hair color is strawberry blonde.

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A bundle, especially of hay; something tied in a bundle.

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Intoxicating liquor; alcohol.

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to drown one’s troubles in the bottle

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The tendency of pages printed several on a sheet to rotate slightly when the sheet is folded two or more times.

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To seal (a liquid) into a bottle for later consumption. Also fig.

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This plant bottles vast quantities of spring water every day.

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To feed (an infant) baby formula.

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Because of complications she can't breast feed her baby and so she bottles him.

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To refrain from doing (something) at the last moment because of a sudden loss of courage.

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The rider bottled the big jump.

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To throw away a leading position.

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Liverpool bottled the Premier League.

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To strike (someone) with a bottle.

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He was bottled at a nightclub and had to have facial surgery.

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To pelt (a musical act on stage, etc.) with bottles as a sign of disapproval.

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Meat Loaf was once bottled at Reading Festival.