Bottle

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1 English 1.1 Noun 1.1.1 Related Terms 1.1.2 Translations 1.2 Verb 1.2.1 Translations

English

Noun

bottle

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

   Beer is often sold in bottles.

2. The contents of such a container.

   I only drank a bottle of beer.

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

   The baby wants a bottle.

4. (UK) Nerve.

   You don't have the bottle to do that!

Related Terms

• bottle opener
• bottletop
• bottle out
• hit the bottle

Translations

• Breton: boutailh f -où (1), boutailhad f -où (2), bured f -où (3)
• Bulgarian: бутилка f (1,2), биберон m (3)
• Dutch: fles f (1,2)
• Ekspreso: botilia
• Esperanto: botelo
• Finnish: pullo
• French: (1, 2) bouteille f, (3) biberon m
• German: (1, 2, 3) Flasche f
• Hebrew: (1,2) בקבוק m
• Indonesian: botol
• Interlingua: bottilia
• Japanese: 瓶 (ビン , bin)
• Macedonian: шише (shishe)
• Polish: butelka f, butla f
• Portuguese: garrafa f (1), biberão m (3)
• Russian: бутылка
• Spanish: botella f
• Swedish: flaska

Verb

to bottle

1. To seal into a bottle for later consumption.

   This plant bottles vast quantities of spring water every day.

2. (UK) To feed an infant baby formula.

   Due to complications she can't breast feed her baby and so she bottles him.

3. (UK) To stop doing something.

Translations

• Breton: boutailhañ (1)
• Bulgarian: бутилирам (1)
• Dutch: bottelen (1)
• Esperanto: boteligi (1)
• Finnish: pullottaa (1)
• French: (1) embouteiller , mettre en bouteille , (2) nourrir au biberon , donner le biberon
• Interlingua: imbottiliar , bottiliar
• Portuguese: engarrafar (1)
• Spanish: embotellar