Bottled

bot·tle  (btl)

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

a. Intoxicating liquor: Don't take to the bottle.

b. The practice of drinking large quantities of intoxicating liquor: Her problem is the bottle.

tr.v. bot·tled, bot·tling, bot·tles

1. To place in a bottle.

2. To hold in; restrain: bottled up my emotions.

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

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bottler n.