Synonyms for bottles
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : bot-l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɒt l |
Top 10 synonyms for bottles Other synonyms for the word bottles
Définition of bottles
Origin :- mid-14c., originally of leather, from Old French boteille (12c., Modern French bouteille), from Vulgar Latin butticula, diminutive of Late Latin buttis "a cask," which is perhaps from Greek. The bottle, figurative for "liquor," is from 17c.
- noun container, usually for liquids
- They were without food, and the two bottles of water would not last them long.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- They filled two bottles they had remaining with the precious fluid.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- Beside it were bottles, phials, and other appliances of a sick chamber.
- Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder
- You needn't worry about helping yourself; I've got a dozen bottles more.'
- Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
- The liquor was sherry, and it took nine bottles of it to lay us both up.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- But if brought to table in bottles, the company can use it or omit it as they please.
- Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
- On all the bottles were directions as to opening them: "Let the meat soak so many hours," &c. &c.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- In the first one the bottles were filled in the most ordinary of fashions.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- There was a choice of wines, and notably some bottles of champagne on a side table.
- Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman
- In a few minutes Von Holzen returned, laden with bottles and jars.
- Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman
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