Topic: MEASUREMENT
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| Date: | 1300-1400 |
| Language: | Old French |
| Origin: | bouteille, from Medieval Latin butticula, from Late Latin buttis 'wooden container for liquid' |
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bot‧tle1 S1 W2
1 [countable]DFU a container with a narrow top for keeping liquids in, usually made of plastic or glass : an empty bottle
an empty bottle2 [countable] also bottlefulTM the amount of liquid that a bottle contains : Between us, we drank three bottles of wine.
Between us, we drank three bottles of wine.3 [countable]DHB a container for babies to drink from, with a rubber part on top that they suck, or the milk contained in this bottle :
4 alcoholic drink - used when talking about the problems drinking can cause : Peter let the bottle ruin his life.
the bottle
DFDMIPeter let the bottle ruin his life. hit the bottle (=regularly drink too much) She was under a lot of stress, and started hitting the bottle.
She was under a lot of stress, and started hitting the bottle.5 [uncountable] British English informal courage to do something that is dangerous or unpleasant [= nerve]: I never thought she'd have the bottle to do it!
I never thought she'd have the bottle to do it!6 used when you invite someone to an informal party to tell them that they should bring their own bottle of alcoholic drink
