Bottle Meaning
/ˈbɒt.l̩/Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA container, typically made of glass or plastic and having a tapered neck, used primarily for holding liquids.
nounThe contents of such a container.
Sentence Examples
Find an empty bottle and fill it with water.
Is there enough money to get a bottle of wine?
CEFR Practice Quiz
She carefully placed the tiny message inside a glass ____ and sealed it with a cork.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
I bought a large ____ of cold water from the small corner shop today.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeHw-der. Ancient Greekbor.? Latin buttis Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -culus Late Latin butticula Old French boteillebor. Middle English botel English bottle From Middle English botel (“bottle, flask, wineskin”), from Old French boteille, from Late Latin butticula, diminutive of buttis (“cask”). Doublet of botija. Displaced native pinne and non-native Old English ampella. Partially displaced Old English flasce.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"He had one hand on the bounce bottle—and he’d never let go of that since he got back to the table—but he had a handkerchief in the other and was swabbing his deadlights with it."
— 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VI, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
"With Marvin getting older ... and walking now ... I thought it was time to start weaning him off of his bottle."
— 2004 May 3, Tom Armstrong, Marvin (comic):
"He told me I didn’t have the bottle to take them, so I told him I did and he handed them to me one by one and I swallowed them."
— 2012, Theodore Dalrymple, If Symptoms Persist:
"See that black boy over there runnin' scared / His ol' man's in a bottle / He done quit his 9 to 5 to drink full time / So now he's livin' in the bottle."
— 1974, Gil Scott-Heron, “The Bottle”, in Winter in America:
"See, my old man’s got a problem / He live with the bottle, that’s the way it is"
— 1988 April 5, Tracy Chapman, “Fast Car”, in Tracy Chapman:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
She carefully placed the tiny message inside a glass ____ and sealed it with a cork.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
I bought a large ____ of cold water from the small corner shop today.