bottle

bottle
1 noun
1 CONTAINER (C) a container with a narrow top for keeping liquids in, usually made of plastic or glass: Give the bottle a shake before you open it.
(+ of): a bottle of champagne
2 AMOUNT OF LIQUID also bottleful (C) the amount of liquid that a bottle contains: Between us, we drank three bottles of wine.
3 MILK (singular) milk given to babies or young animals in a bottle rather than from their mother's breast: my first baby just wouldn't take a bottle at all.
4 COURAGE (U) BrE informal courage to do something that is dangerous or unpleasant: I never thought she'd have the bottle to do it!
5 hit the bottle/take to the bottle to start drinking a lot of alcohol regularly, in order to forget your problems
6 be on the bottle to always be drinking a lot of alcohol
7 bring a bottle BrE bring your own bottle AmE used to describe a party to which you must bring your own alcoholic drink
2 verb (T)
1 to put a liquid, especially wine or beer, into a bottle after you have made it: The wine is bottled at the vineyard.
2 to put vegetables or fruit into special glass containers in order to preserve them

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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