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n.
  1. A receptacle having a narrow neck, usually no handles, and a mouth that can be plugged, corked, or capped.
  2. The quantity that a bottle holds.
  3. A receptacle filled with milk or formula that is fed, as to babies, in place of breast milk.
  4. Informal.
    1. Intoxicating liquor: Don't take to the bottle.
    2. The practice of drinking large quantities of intoxicating liquor: Her problem is the bottle.
tr.v., -tled, -tling, -tles.
  1. To place in a bottle.
  2. To hold in; restrain: bottled up my emotions.

[Middle English botel, from Old French botele, from Medieval Latin butticula, diminutive of Late Latin buttis, cask.]

bottler bot'tler n.

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Food and Nutrition: bottle
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The traditional wine bottle holds 700, 720, or 750 mL of wine, depending on the variety; within the EU wine bottles are standardized at 700 mL.

A two-bottle size is a magnum, four is a Jeroboam or double magnum, six a Methuselah, twelve a Salmanzar, and twenty a Nebuchadnezzar.

Idioms: bottle
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Idioms beginning with bottle:
bottle up

In addition to the idiom beginning with bottle, also see crack a bottle; hit the bottle.

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volume An obviously general and hence variable unit, but often fixed for a specific context. The most notable case is the wine bottle, now widely standardized at 750 mL (26.398~ BI fl oz, 25.362~ US liq oz) and applying to liquor generally. This is 99% of the long-used UK reputed quart of ⅙ BI gal and of the US fifth of ⅕ US gal.

Architecture: bottle
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Old English term for bowtell.

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IN BRIEF: A container, especially for liquids, usually made of glass or plastic.

pronunciation Any glass or plastic bottle can usually be recycled.

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A bottle of wine can mean celebration; the good life. Or, more negatively, "hitting the bottle" or to be "on the bottle." A baby bottle can be associated with infantile desires or, more positively, nurturance. We also talk about how one "bottles up" emotions, or how "the genie is out of the bottle."

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Composite body, painted, and glazed bottle. Dated 16th century. From Iran. New York Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Chinese ding-ware porcelain bottle (far left) with iron-tinted pigment under a transparent colorless glaze, 11th century, Song Dynasty

A bottle is a container with a neck that is narrower than the body and a "mouth." Bottles are often made of glass, clay, plastic, aluminum or other impervious materials, and typically used to store liquids such as water, milk, soft drinks, beer, wine, cooking oil, medicine, shampoo, ink and chemicals. A device applied in the bottling line to seal the mouth of a bottle is termed an external bottle cap (closure) , or internal stopper. A bottle can also be sealed by a conductive "innerseal" by using induction sealing.

The bottle has developed a millennia of use, with some of the earliest examples appearing in China, Phoenicia, Rome and Crete. The Chinese used bottles to store liquids.

In modern times for some bottles a legally mandated deposit is paid, which is refunded after returning the bottle to the retailer. For other glass bottles there is often separate garbage collection for recycling.

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History

Since prehistoric times, bottle containers were created from clay or asphaltum sealed woven containers. Early glass bottles were produced by the Phoenicians; specimens of Phoenician translucent and transparent glass bottles have been found in Cyprus and Rhodes generally varying in length from three to six inches.[1] These Phoenician examples from the first millennium BC were thought to have been used for perfume.[2] The Romans learned glass-making from the Phoenicians and produced many extant examples of fine glass bottles, mostly relatively small.

For wine

Main article: Wine bottle
Reusable glass milk bottles
A Codd bottle.
A beer bottle
Bottles of Wine

The glass bottle was an important development in the history of wine, because, when combined with a high-quality stopper such as a cork, it allowed long-term aging of wine. Glass has all the qualities required for long-term storage. It eventually gave rise to "château bottling", the practice where an estate's wine is put in bottle at the source, rather than by a merchant. Prior to this, wine would be sold by the barrel (and before that, the amphora) and put into bottles only at the merchant's shop, if at all. This left a large and often abused opportunity for fraud and adulteration, as the consumer had to trust the merchant as to the contents. It is thought that most wine consumed outside of wine-producing regions had been tampered with in some way. Also, not all merchants were careful to avoid oxidation or contamination while bottling, leading to large bottle variation. Particularly in the case of port, certain conscientious merchants' bottling of old ports fetch higher prices even today. To avoid these problems, most fine wine is bottled at the place of production (including all port, since 1974).

There are many sizes and shapes of bottles used for wine. Some of the known shapes:

  • "Bordeaux": This bottle is roughly straight sided with a curved "shoulder" that is useful for catching sediment and is also the easiest to stack. Traditionally used in Bordeaux but now worldwide, this is probably the most common type.
  • "Burgundy": Traditionally used in Burgundy, this has sides that taper down about 2/3rds of the height to a short cylindrical section, and does not have a shoulder.
  • "Champagne": Traditionally used for Champagne, it is similar to a Burgundy bottle, but with a wider base and heavier due to the pressurization.

Codd-neck bottles

In 1872, British soft drink maker Hiram Codd of Camberwell, south east London, designed and patented a bottle designed specifically for carbonated drinks. The Codd-neck bottle, as it was called, was designed and manufactured to enclose a marble and a rubber washer/gasket in the neck. The bottles were filled upside down, and pressure of the gas in the bottle forced the marble against the washer, sealing in the carbonation. The bottle was pinched into a special shape, as can be seen in the photo to the right, to provide a chamber into which the marble was pushed to open the bottle. This prevented the marble from blocking the neck as the drink was poured

Soon after its introduction, the bottle became extremely popular with the soft drink and brewing industries mainly in Europe, Asia and Australasia, though some alcohol drinkers disdained the use of the bottle. One etymology of the term codswallop originates from beer sold in Codd bottles.[3]

The bottles were regularly produced for many decades, but gradually declined in usage. Since children smashed the bottles to retrieve the marbles, they are relatively rare and have become collector items; particularly in the UK. A cobalt coloured Codd bottle today fetches thousands of British pounds at auction[citation needed]. The Codd-neck design is still used for the Japanese soft drink Ramune and in the Indian drink called Banta.

A PET bottle

Plastic bottles

Plastic bottles (e.g. two-liter) used for soft drinks can withstand typical internal carbonation pressures of 2–4 bar (30–60 psi.), because the plastic is strain oriented in the stretch blow molding manufacturing process.

Aluminum bottles

Main article: Aluminum bottle

The aluminum beverage bottle, launched in 2002, also known as a bottlecan, is made of recyclable aluminum with a resealable lug cap that fits onto a plastic sleeve. Some studies have concluded that aluminum provides for increased insulation keeping beverages cooler longer than glass.[citation needed]

Capsules

Some jars and bottles have a metal cap or cover called a capsule. They were historically made of lead, and protected the cork from being gnawed away by rodents or infested with cork weevil. Because of research showing that trace amounts of lead could remain on the lip of the bottle(NYT 2aug91), lead capsules (lead foil bottleneck wrappings) were slowly phased out, and by the 1990s(FDA 1992) most capsules were made of aluminum foil or plastic.

See also

References

  1. ^ Perrot and Chipiez, Histoire de l'art, v iii, 734-744
  2. ^ George Rawlinson, History of Phoenicia, 1889, Green Longmans publisher, 583 pages
  3. ^ UK word origins

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - flaske, flaskefuld
v. tr. - komme på flaske, hælde på flaske, aftappe

idioms:

  • bottle bank    flaskecontainer
  • bottle green    flaskegrøn
  • bottle it    ikke turde gøre noget
  • bottle out    trække sig ud
  • bottle up    tilbageholde, gemme på, stænge inde
  • hit the bottle    slå sig på flasken

Nederlands (Dutch)
fles, karaf, kruik, gascilinder, lef, inmaken, bottelen, insluiten (vijand)

Français (French)
n. - bouteille, flacon, fiole, bocal, outre, cruche, cruchon, canette, biberon, (fig) cran, courage
v. tr. - mettre en bouteilles, mettre en bocal ou en conserve

idioms:

  • bottle bank    conteneur de collecte du verre usagé
  • bottle green    vert bouteille
  • bottle it    embouteiller
  • bottle out    se dégonfler
  • bottle someone up    opprimer qn
  • bottle something up    contenir, ravaler, refouler (des sentiments)
  • hit the bottle    se mettre à boire
  • in bottle    en bouteille

Deutsch (German)
n. - Flasche, (ugs.) Mut
v. - einmachen, abfüllen

idioms:

  • bottle bank    Glascontainer
  • bottle green    Flaschengrün
  • bottle it    den Mut verlieren und entscheiden etwas nicht zu machen
  • bottle out    (Slang) den Mut verlieren
  • bottle someone up    hinunterschlucken
  • bottle something up    abfüllen
  • hit the bottle    (ugs.) trinken
  • in bottle    alt

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - φιάλη, μπουκάλα, μποτίλια, μπιμπερό, τσαγανό
v. - εμφιαλώνω, μποτιλιάρω, βάζω σε γυάλα

idioms:

  • bottle bank    κάδος ανακύκλωσης φιαλών
  • bottle green    βαθυπράσινο(ς) (κν. βερμπουτέιγ)
  • bottle it    δειλιάζω, κωλώνω
  • bottle out    δειλιάζω, κωλώνω
  • bottle up    καταπνίγω, καταπίνω (θυμό κ.λπ.)
  • hit the bottle    μπεκρουλιάζω

Italiano (Italian)
imbottigliare, bottiglia

idioms:

  • bottle bank    coraggio
  • bottle green    verde bottiglia
  • bottle out    non avere il coraggio di
  • bottle up    bloccare, reprimere
  • have bottled it    tirarsi indietro
  • hit the bottle    bere

Português (Portuguese)
n. - garrafa (f), coragem (f) (gír.)
v. - engarrafar

idioms:

  • bottle bank    coletor (m) de garrafas vazias
  • bottle green    verde escuro (m)
  • bottle it    engarrafar (especialmente produção em massa)
  • bottle out    recuar (por medo)
  • bottle up    controlar-se
  • hit the bottle    beber muito

Русский (Russian)
разливать по бутылкам, сдерживать, бутылка, затор

idioms:

  • bottle bank    место сдавать пустые бутылки
  • bottle green    бутылочный цвет
  • bottle out    струсить
  • bottle up    скрывать, сдерживать
  • have bottled it    консервировать
  • hit the bottle    прикладываться к бутылке, пить

Español (Spanish)
n. - botella, biberón
v. tr. - embotellar, enfrascar, envasar

idioms:

  • bottle bank    contenedor de botellas para reciclaje
  • bottle green    verde botella
  • bottle it    rajarse, dar marcha atrás
  • bottle out    rajarse, dar marcha atrás
  • bottle someone up    contener, reprimir
  • bottle something up    contener, reprimir, embotellar
  • hit the bottle    darse a la bebida
  • in bottle    en botella

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - flaska, butelj, halmknippa, mod
v. - tappa på flaska, lägga in

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
瓶子, 装瓶, 逼入死角, 抑制

idioms:

  • bottle bank    放置回收空玻璃瓶的容器
  • bottle green    深绿色
  • bottle it    别吵
  • bottle up    装入瓶中, 控制
  • hit the bottle    酗酒

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 瓶子
v. tr. - 裝瓶, 逼入死角, 抑制

idioms:

  • bottle bank    放置回收空玻璃瓶的容器
  • bottle green    深綠色
  • bottle it    別吵
  • bottle up    裝入瓶中, 控制
  • hit the bottle    酗酒

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 병, 한 병의 양, 술
v. tr. - ~을 병에 담다, ~을 붙잡다

idioms:

  • bottle out    마지막 순간에 용기를 잃다
  • hit the bottle    술을 많이 마시다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 瓶, 一瓶, 酒, ミルク
v. - 瓶に入れる, 瓶に詰める

idioms:

  • bottle bank    リサイクルする使用済みボトルを保管する所
  • bottle green    暗緑色
  • bottle out    度胸がなくて失敗する
  • bottle up    瓶に密封する, 閉じ込める
  • feeding bottle    哺乳瓶
  • hit the bottle    大酒を飲む
  • hot-water bottle    湯たんぽ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) قنينه, قارورة, زجاجه (فعل) عبأ في قناني, كبت ( عواطفه)‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮בקבוק, קנקן‬
v. tr. - ‮מילא בקבוקים ב-, שם בבקבוק, כבש או ריסן (את רגשותיו)‬

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