bottle
/ˈbɑtəl/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.57 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A container, typically made of glass or plastic and having a tapered neck, used primarily for holding liquids.
noun
(originally bottle and glass as rhyming slang for "arse") Nerve, courage.
British usage; Informal
noun
Example Sentences
- "Beer is often sold in bottles."
- "Jack and Gill Went up the hill, To fetch a bottle of water."
- "He had one hand on the bounce bottle—and he’d never let go of that since he got back to the table—but he had a handkerchief in the other and was swabbing his deadlights with it."
- "I only drank a bottle of beer."
- "The baby wants a bottle."
- "With Marvin getting older ... and walking now ... I thought it was time to start weaning him off of his bottle."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeHw-der. Ancient Greekbor.? Latin buttis Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -culus Late Latin butticula Old French boteillebor. Middle English botel English bottle From Middle English botel (“bottle, flask, wineskin”), from Old French boteille, from Late Latin butticula, diminutive of buttis (“cask”). Doublet of botija. Displaced native pinne and non-native Old English ampella. Partially displaced Old English flasce.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈbɑtəl/
- British English: /ˈbɒtəl/