bottled

bot-tled · adjective

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Definitions

adjective

  1. 1.

    (adjective) Preserved or sold in a bottle.

  2. 2.

    Past tense and past participle of bottle; having been put into bottles.

  3. 3.

    (figurative) Kept inside; suppressed.

  4. 4.

    (British slang, past tense) Lost one's nerve; backed out.

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    bottled up — (of emotions) suppressed or contained
  • •
    bottled water — water sold in bottles

Related words

See also: bottle, bottles

Etymology

From "bottle," from Old French "boteille," from Medieval Latin "butticula."