bottle: Meaning and Definition of

bot•tle

1. a portable container for holding liquids, characteristically having a neck and mouth and made of glass or plastic.
2. the contents of such a container; as much as such a container contains: a bottle of wine.
3. bottled cow's milk, milk formulas, or substitute mixtures given to infants instead of mother's milk: raised on the bottle.
4. to drink alcohol to excess often or habitually.
5. intoxicating beverages; liquor: He became addicted to the bottle.

1. to put into or seal in a bottle: to bottle grape juice.
2. to preserve (fruit or vegetables) by heating to a sufficient temperature and then sealing in a jar.
3. He kept all of his anger bottled up inside him.
1. to repress, control, or restrain:He kept all of his anger bottled up inside him.
2. to enclose or entrap:Traffic was bottled up in the tunnel.

bot•tle

1. boltel (def. 2).