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noun
1.
a portable container for holding liquids, characteristically having a neck and mouth and made of glass or plastic.
2.
the contents of such a container; as much as such a container contains: a bottle of wine.
3.
bottled cow's milk, milk formulas, or substitute mixtures given to infants instead of mother's milk: raised on the bottle.
4.
the bottle, intoxicating beverages; liquor: He became addicted to the bottle.
verb (used with object)
5.
to put into or seal in a bottle: to bottle grape juice.
6.
British. to preserve (fruit or vegetables) by heating to a sufficient temperature and then sealing in a jar.
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Bottle up
is always a great word to know.
So is lollapalooza. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
7.
Idiombottle up,
a.
to repress, control, or restrain: He kept all of his anger bottled up inside him.
b.
to enclose or entrap: Traffic was bottled up in the tunnel.
8.
hit the bottle, Slang. to drink alcohol to excess often or habitually.
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| bottle up | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to restrain (powerful emotion) |
| 2. | to keep (an army or other force) contained or trapped: the French fleet was bottled up in Le Havre |
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Idioms & Phrases
bottle up
Repress, contain, hold back; also, confine or trap. For example, The psychiatrist said Eve had been bottling up her anger for years, or The accident bottled up traffic for miles. This idiom likens other kinds of restraint to liquid being contained in a bottle. [Mid-1800s]
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