bottle

I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English botel, from Old French botele, from Medieval Latin butticula, diminutive of Late Latin buttis cask Date: 14th century 1. a. a rigid or semirigid container typically of glass or plastic having a comparatively narrow neck or mouth and usually no handle b. a usually bottle-shaped container made of skin for storing a liquid 2. the quantity held by a bottle 3. a. intoxicating drink ; the practice of drinking <

slipped deeper and deeper into the bottle — Anne Bernays

> b. liquid food (as milk) used in place of mother's milk 4. slang British mettle, courage • bottleful noun II. transitive verb (bottled; bottling) Date: 1594 1. a. to confine as if in a bottle ; restrain — usually used with up <

bottling up their anger

> b. to put or keep in a position or situation that makes free activity, progress, or escape difficult or impossible — usually used with up <

bottle up legislation in committee

> 2. to put into or as if into a bottle <

wished she could bottle that feeling of happiness

> • bottler noun