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      bottle
      noun
      A container, typically made of glass or plastic and having a tapered neck, used primarily for holding liquids.
      The contents of such a container.
      A container with a rubber nipple used for giving liquids to infants, a baby bottle.
      (British, informal) (originally bottle and glass as rhyming slang for "arse") Nerve, courage.
      (attributive, of a person with a particular hair color) A container of hair dye, hence with one’s hair color produced by dyeing.
      (figurative) Intoxicating liquor; alcohol.
      (UK, dialectal) A building; house.
      (UK, dialectal or obsolete) A dwelling; habitation.
      (obsolete) A bundle, especially of hay; something tied in a bundle.
      verb
      (transitive) To seal (a liquid) into a bottle for later consumption. Also fig.
      (transitive, British) To feed (an infant) baby formula.
      (British, slang) To refrain from doing (something) at the last moment because of a sudden loss of courage.
      (British, slang, sports) To throw away a leading position.
      (British, slang) To strike (someone) with a bottle.
      (British, slang) To pelt (a musical act on stage, etc.) with bottles as a sign of disapproval.
      (printing, intransitive) Of pages printed several on a sheet: to rotate slightly when the sheet is folded two or more times.
      Roots
      buttisbott- · Late Latin · cask, wineskin-ellum-le · Latin · diminutive
      Synonyms for bottle
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      Words related to bottle
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      Where does bottle come from?

      The word bottle breaks down into 2 roots of Late Latin and Latin origin: bott, from Late Latin buttis (“cask, wineskin”); and -le, from Latin -ellum (“diminutive”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.

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