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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: bottle up vb (tr, adverb)- to restrain (powerful emotion)
- to keep (an army or other force) contained or trapped
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024bot•tle1 /ˈbɑtəl/USA pronunciation n., v., -tled, -tling. n. [countable] - a container for holding liquids, having a neck and mouth and made of glass or plastic:Bring your empty bottles back to the store.
- the contents or capacity of such a container: [to drink a whole bottle of wine.]
- bottled milk formulas or substitutes given to infants instead of mother's milk: raised on the bottle.
v. - [~ + object] to put into or seal in a bottle: to bottle grape juice.
- bottle up, [~ + up + object]
- to hold in, control, or keep back:Don't bottle up your anger; let it out.[~ + [object + up][to bottle it up inside.]
Idioms- Idioms, Slang Terms hit the bottle, Slang. to drink alcohol to excess:He's hitting the bottle again; you can tell from the way he walks.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024bot•tle1 (bot′l),USA pronunciation n., v., -tled, -tling. n. - a portable container for holding liquids, characteristically having a neck and mouth and made of glass or plastic.
- the contents of such a container;
as much as such a container contains:a bottle of wine. - bottled cow's milk, milk formulas, or substitute mixtures given to infants instead of mother's milk:raised on the bottle.
- hit the bottle, [Slang.]to drink alcohol to excess often or habitually.
- the bottle, intoxicating beverages;
liquor:He became addicted to the bottle. v.t. - to put into or seal in a bottle:to bottle grape juice.
- British Termsto preserve (fruit or vegetables) by heating to a sufficient temperature and then sealing in a jar.
- bottle up:
- to repress, control, or restrain:He kept all of his anger bottled up inside him.
- to enclose or entrap:Traffic was bottled up in the tunnel.
- Medieval Latin butticula, equivalent. to Late Latin butti(s) butt4 + -cula -cule1
- Anglo-French; Old French bo(u)teille
- Middle English botel 1325–75
bot′tle•like′, adj. bot•tle2 (bot′l),USA pronunciation n. [Archit.]- Architectureboltel (def. 2).
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