a glass or plastic container, usually round with straight sides and a narrow neck, used especially for storing liquids

After his wife died, he really hit the bottle.

a bottle used to give milk to a baby; the milk from such a bottle (used instead of mother’s milk)

courage or confidence, for example to do something that is dangerous or unpleasant

It took a lot of bottle to do that.

I didn’t think she’d have the bottle to ask him.

to put fruit or vegetables into glass containers in order to preserve them

Keep your empty jam jars for bottling next year’s fruit.

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