bottle
/ˈbɑtəl/ verb B2- To seal (a liquid) into a bottle for later consumption. Also fig. · This plant bottles vast quantities of spring water every day.
- Of pages printed several on a sheet: to rotate slightly when the sheet is folded two or more times.
He/she/it bottles · Past bottled · Past participle bottled · -ing form bottling
Verb forms
- Base form
- bottle
- He/she/it
- bottles
- Past
- bottled
- Past participle
- bottled
- -ing form
- bottling
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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“Of course,” replied Danglars; and going quickly to the designated place, they called for a bottle of wine, and two glasses.
I will sing you the praise of the bottle-tailed Rikki, with eyeballs of red!
“Gertie Pye actually went and put her milk bottle in my place in the brook yesterday.
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.
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