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[ noun ] glass or plastic vessel; cylindrical with a narrow neck; no handle
Used in print (Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)His unsuccessful strivings to give_up drink are represented as religious strivings ; he keeps a bottle in a wardrobe at home , and `` before this wardrobe Praisegod_Piepsam had before now gone literally on his knees , and in his wrestlings had bitten his tongue - and still in_the_end capitulated '' . (Raymond C. Binder et al., editors, Proceedings...)The argon flow from commercial bottles was regulated by a pressure regulator and measured with a gas flow rator . (David Stacton, The Judges of the Secret Court....)The bottle was filled_up with flour . (Guy Bolton, The Olympians....)A cold supper was ordered and a bottle of port . (W. H. Gass, "The Pedersen Kid," in The...)She had surprised Hans like she had surprised me when she said she 'd go , and_then she surprised him again when she came_back so quick like she must have , because when I came_in with the snow she was there with a bottle with three white feathers on its label and Hans was holding it angrily by the throat . |
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[ noun ] the quantity contained in a bottle
Synonyms Used in print (Evan Esar, Humorous English; a guide to comic ,...)A news item described the launching of a ship : `` Completing the ceremony , the beautiful movie_star smashed a bottle of champagne over her stern as she slid gracefully down the ways into the sea '' . One said , `` When I get a cold I buy a bottle of whiskey for it , and within a_few hours it 's gone '' . Related terms |
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[ verb ] store in bottles, as of liquids or gas
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