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BOTTLE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or capped

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("bottle" is a kind of...):

vessel (an object used as a container (especially for liquids))

Meronyms (parts of "bottle"):

mouth (the opening of a jar or bottle)

bottlecap (a cap that seals a bottle)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bottle"):

wine bottle (a bottle for holding wine)

whiskey bottle (a bottle for holding whiskey)

water bottle (a bottle for holding water)

specimen bottle (a bottle for holding urine specimens)

smelling bottle (a bottle containing smelling salts)

pop bottle; soda bottle (a bottle for holding soft drinks)

pill bottle (a small bottle for holding pills)

ampoule; ampul; ampule; phial; vial (a small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle))

jug (a large bottle with a narrow mouth)

ink bottle; inkpot (a bottle of ink)

calabash; gourd (bottle made from the dried shell of a bottle gourd)

flask (bottle that has a narrow neck)

demijohn (large bottle with a short narrow neck; often has small handles at neck and is enclosed in wickerwork)

crewet; cruet (bottle that holds wine or oil or vinegar for the table)

catsup bottle; ketchup bottle (a bottle that holds catsup)

carboy (a large bottle for holding corrosive liquids; usually cushioned in a special container)

carafe; decanter (a bottle with a stopper; for serving wine or water)

beer bottle (a bottle that holds beer)

Derivation:

bottle (put into bottles)

bottle (store (liquids or gases) in bottles)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A vessel fitted with a flexible teat and filled with milk or formula; used as a substitute for breast feeding infants and very young children

Synonyms:

bottle; feeding bottle; nursing bottle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("bottle" is a kind of...):

vessel (an object used as a container (especially for liquids))

Meronyms (parts of "bottle"):

nipple (a flexible cap on a baby's feeding bottle or pacifier)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The quantity contained in a bottle

Synonyms:

bottle; bottleful

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("bottle" is a kind of...):

containerful (the quantity that a container will hold)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bottle"):

split (a bottle containing half the usual amount)

Derivation:

bottle (put into bottles)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Put into bottles

Example:

bottle the mineral water

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "bottle" is one way to...):

lay; place; pose; position; put; set (put into a certain place or abstract location)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

bottle (a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or capped)

bottle (the quantity contained in a bottle)

bottler (a manufacturer that makes and bottles beverages)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Store (liquids or gases) in bottles

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "bottle" is one way to...):

store (find a place for and put away for storage)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

bottle (a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or capped)

Credits

 Context examples: 

A top (as for a bottle).

(Cap Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)

Using a technique called electrospinning, scientists created “bottled bandages” which spray a thin layer of fibres onto damaged skin like spraying paint on a wall.

(Scientists Develop Spray Gun to Paint Bandages onto Wounds, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A bottle which includes a device for applying its contents.

(Applicator Bottle, NCI Thesaurus)

Techniques using equipment such as a hollow fiber apparatus or roller bottles for high volume maintenance or growth of animal, plant, or insect cells in vitro.

(Biotechnology, Mass Cell Culture, NCI Thesaurus)

BPA is used in many kinds of packaging for snacks and drinks, canned foods, and water bottles.

(Do Food Container Chemicals Make Us Fat?, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Martin did not deign to offer excuses, but called for whiskey, filling his own glass brimming before he passed the bottle.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

He went to a cupboard and reaching up to a high shelf took down a square green bottle, the contents of which he poured into a green-gold dish, beautifully carved.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

He dipped into this bottle or that, drawing out a few drops of each with his glass pipette, and finally brought a test-tube containing a solution over to the table.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

You have an extraordinary chart, and if you could bottle your star power and sell it, people would beat a path to your door and snap it up at any price.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

After this the second son went into the forest, and his mother gave him, like the eldest, a cake and a bottle of wine.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)