Image:Beaujolais Nouveau bottle.jpg|thumb|Bottle, Noun - definition 1
English

Etymology
F. bouteille

Pronunciation
italbrac|Canada: IPA|/�b�ɾ(�)l/
italbrac|UK: IPA|/�b�t�l/, SAMPA|/"bQt@l/
italbrac|US: enPR|b�tʹ�l, IPA|/�b�t�l/, SAMPA|/"bAt@l/
audio|en-us-bottle.ogg|Audio (US)
audio|en-ca-bottle.ogg|Audio (CA)
rhymes|�t�l

Noun
en-noun

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

#: Beer is often sold in bottles.

1. The contents of such a container.

#: I only drank a bottle of beer.

1. A container with a rubber nipple used for giving liquids to infants

#: The baby wants a bottle.

1. context|UK|informal Nerve, courage.

#: You don't have the bottle to do that!
#: He was going to ask her out, but he lost his bottle when he saw her.

Synonyms
italbrac|for feeding babies: baby's bottle, feeding bottle, nursing bottle italbrac|US
italbrac|courage: balls, courage, guts, nerve, pluck

Antonyms
italbrac|courage: cowardice

Derived terms
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bottle bank
bottle blonde
bottlebrush
bottleneck
bottlenose
<!--derived from "bottlenose": *bottlenose dolphin
bottlenose whale-->
bottle opener, bottle-opener
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bottle out
bottle sling
bottletop
<!--derived from the verb: *bottle up-->
bottle-washer
hit the bottle
Klein bottle
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Translations
trans-top|container used for holding liquids
Arabic: زجاجة/����ة
Breton: boutailhoù p
Bulgarian: б��илка (butílka) f
Corsican: buttiglia f
Chinese: �� (píng zi), � (píng)
Croatian: boca f, flaša f
Czech: láhev f
Dutch: fles f
Ewe: atukpa n
Finnish: pullo
French: bouteille f
German: Flasche f
Greek: �λα�κί (flascí) n, μ�ο�κάλι (bukáli) n, μ�ο�κάλα (bukála) f, μ�ο�ίλια (botília) f, �ιάλη (fiäli) f, β��η (víti) f italbrac|obsolete, βα�καλη (váfkali) f italbrac|obsolete
Hebrew: he-translation|�ק��ק|bakbúk m
Hindi: श�श� (shiishii) f
Indonesian: botol
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Italian: bottiglia f
Japanese: � (��, bin)
Korean: ko-inline|�|byeong|4=�
Latvian: pudele f
Norwegian: flaske f,m
Novial: botle
Polish: butelka f
Portuguese: garrafa f
Romanian: sticl�
Russian: б���лка (butýlka) f
Serbian: staklenica f, buteljka f italbrac|not commonly used, boca, bukulja
Slovenian: steklenica f, buteljka f italbrac|of wine
Spanish: botella f, frasco m
Swedish: flaska c
Swahili: chupa
Turkish: �i�e
Vietnamese: (con) chai
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trans-top|contents of such a container
Breton: boutailhadoù p
Bulgarian: б��илка (butílka) f
Croatian: boca f, flaša f
Dutch: fles f
Ewe: atukpa n
Finnish: pullo, pullollinen
French: bouteille f
German: Flasche f
Greek: μ�ο�κάλι (bukáli) n, μ�ο�κάλα (bukála) f, μ�ο�ίλια (botília) f, κο��λη (kotíli) f, �ιάλη (fiäli) f, β��η (víti) f italbrac|obsolete, βα�καλη (váfkali) f italbrac|obsolete
Hebrew: he-translation|�ק��ק|bakbúk m
Italian: bottiglia f
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Korean: ko-inline|� �� �령|han byeong-ui bunnyeong
Latvian: pudele f
Novial: botlede
Norwegian: flaske f,m
Polish: butelka f
Portuguese: garrafa f
Romanian: sticl�
Russian: б���лка (butýlka) f
Serbian: staklenica, boca
Slovene: steklenica f
Spanish: botella f, frasco m
Swedish: flaska c
Turkish: �i�e
Vietnamese: (con) chai
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trans-top|container with a rubber nipple used for giving liquids to infants
Breton: buredoù p
Bulgarian: бибе�он (biberón) m
Croatian: boca f, flaša f
Czech: láhev f
Dutch: fles f
Finnish: tuttipullo
French: biberon m
German: Flasche f
Greek: θήλα���ο (thílastro) n, μ�ιμ�ε�� (biberó) n, �ιάλη (fiäli) f, β��η (víti) f italbrac|obsolete, βα�καλη (váfkali) f italbrac|obsolete
Hebrew: he-translation|�ק��ק|bakbúk m
Italian: biberon m
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Korean: ko-inline|��� ��|yuayong jeotbyeon|4=幼�� ��
Latvian: pudele f
Norwegian: tåteflaske f,m
Polish: butelka f
Portuguese: biberão m italbrac|Portugal, mamadeira m italbrac|Brazil
Romanian: biberon
Russian: б���ло�ка (butýlo�ka) f
Serbian: buteljka
Spanish: biberón m italbrac|especially Spain, Dominican Republic and Mexico; formal in other countries, bibi m italbrac|Puerto Rico|colloquial, chupón m italbrac|Costa Rica, mamadera f italbrac|Argentina|Bolivia|Chile|Cuba|Ecuador|Panama|Paraguay|Peru| Uruguay, mamila m italbrac|Mexico|colloquial, pacha f italbrac|El Salvador|Guatemala|Nicaragua, pepe m italbrac|Honduras|colloquial, pomo de leche m italbrac|Cuba, tetero m italbrac|Colombia|Venezuela
Swedish: flaska c, nappflaska c
Turkish: biberon
Vietnamese: (con) chai, chai sữa
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trans-top|nerve, courage
Finnish: kantti, rohkeus
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ttbc|Breton: boutailh f, boutailhad f, bured f
ttbc|Catalan: ampolla f
ttbc|CJKV Characters: �
ttbc|Esperanto: botelo
ttbc|Indonesian: botol
ttbc|Interlingua: bottilia
ttbc|Irish: buidéal
ttbc|Kazakh: бө�елке (bötel'ke)
ttbc|Kuna: bute
ttbc|Macedonian: �и�е (šiše)
ttbc|Malayalam: ��പി (kuppi)
ttbc|Telugu: స�సా
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See also
flagon
flask
jar

Verb
en-verb|bottl|ing

1. transitive To seal (a liquid) into a bottle for later consumption.

#: This plant bottles vast quantities of spring water every day.

1. context|transitive|UK To feed (an infant) baby formula.

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

1. context|UK|slang To refrain from doing (something) at the last moment because of a sudden loss of courage.

#: The rider bottled the big jump.

1. context|UK|slang To strike (someone) with a bottle.

Derived terms
bottle up

Translations
trans-top|seal (a liquid) into a bottle for later consumption
Arabic: �عب�ء �� زجاجة
Breton: boutailhañ
Bulgarian: б��или�ам
Dutch: bottelen
Esperanto: boteligi
Finnish: pullottaa
French: embouteiller, mettre en bouteille
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German: in Flaschen abfüllen
Greek: εμ�ιαλ�ν� (emfialóno)
Italian: imbottigliare
Portuguese: engarrafar
Spanish: embotellar
Swedish: buteljera
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trans-top|feed (an infant) baby formula
Arabic: �رضع ب�اسطة زجاجة
French: donner le biberon à, nourrir au biberon
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Swedish: ge någon flaskan
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trans-top|refrain from doing (something) at the last moment because of a sudden loss of courage
Finnish: jänistää
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trans-top|strike (someone) with a bottle
Arabic: �عتد� ع�� شخص �ا ب�اسطة زجاجة/�ضرب
Finnish: heittää pullolla
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ttbc|Interlingua: imbottiliar, bottiliar
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Category:Containers
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• 2007-12-24 17:33 - AutoFormat - trans link [[Corsican]]

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