Bottle
/ˈbɑːtl/
nounverbA1
Definition
A bottle is a container with a narrow neck and a wider body, used to keep drinks or other liquids inside. People use bottles to carry, store, or drink liquids. When used as a verb, "to bottle" means to fill a bottle with a liquid, like water, soda, or wine.
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A container for liquids
- •She drank water from a plastic bottle.
- •The bottle was full of orange juice.
- •Please recycle the glass bottle after use.
To put liquid into a bottle (verb)
- •The workers bottled the fresh juice yesterday.
- •This company bottles sparkling water.
- •We bottled homemade sauce for the party.
🧲 Make It Stick
- ✓Think of "bottle" like "cup," but a bottle can hold more liquid and has a small opening at the top to pour or drink from.
- ✓Picture a clear glass bottle filled with water, with a small neck and a cap on top.
- ✓It's the feeling when you open a cold soda bottle and hear the fizz sound.
- ✓Sounds like "bottle" → imagine a little bottle knocking softly ("bottle" sounds like "bottle" tapping).
- ✓Remember famous bottles like a milk bottle or a wine bottle—containers that keep drinks safe.
- ✓NOT like "glass" (which is the material), a bottle is the shape and purpose to hold liquid.
- ✓NOT like "cup" (open on top), a bottle has a narrow neck and usually a cap or lid.
- ✓As a verb, NOT like "pour" (to move liquid out), "bottle" means to put liquid inside a bottle.
🔄 Try Other Words
- •Jar: a container usually wider and with a big opening (Use when the container has a wide mouth and is for solids or thick liquids)
- •Flask: a small bottle for liquids, often for carrying (Use when the bottle is small and portable)
- •Can: a metal container for drinks or food (Use when the container is made of metal and not glass or plastic)
- •Vial: a very small bottle, often for medicine (Use when the bottle is tiny and used for special liquids like medicine)
🔍 Unboxing
- •"bottle" is a simple root word without prefixes or suffixes
- •From Old English "botel," meaning a container for liquids, related to Germanic languages
- •Used since early English to mean a container for liquids, especially wine or ale
- •Commonly used for many types of liquid containers, from water bottles to medicine bottles
- •Verb form developed from the noun, meaning to put liquid into a bottle
💭 Reflect & Connect
•How do different types of bottles (glass, plastic, metal) affect what we put inside them?
•Can you think of ways bottles have changed how people carry and store drinks over time?
Fill in the blanks with the correct word:
1.She drank water from a bottle because the ___ was easy to carry.
2.The workers bottled the juice ___ to sell it in stores.
3.A bottle usually has a narrow ___ to pour liquids carefully.
4.Unlike a cup, a bottle has a ___ neck and often a cap.
5.When you bottle a drink, you put the liquid ___ the container.
6.You can tell a bottle from a jar because a bottle’s opening is ___.
7.The sound you hear when opening a soda bottle is because the drink is ___ inside.