bottled

English

Etymology

From bottle +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

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Verb

bottled

1. simple past and past participle of bottle

Adjective

bottled (comparative more bottled, superlative most bottled)

1. Packaged in a bottle.

   bottled water

2. (slang) drunk
   • 1971, George Harsh, Lonesome Road, page 125:

     Then turning to the others at the table as though appealing to a jury, he asked, "Y'know what this Arkansas Ape did the last time we got bottled? […]

3. Shaped or protuberant like a bottle.
4. Kept in restraint; bottled up.

Synonyms

• (packaged in a bottle):
• (drunk): See Thesaurus:drunk
• (bottle-shaped): lecythiform
• (Kept in restraint): contained, suppressed

Derived terms

• bottled gas
• bottled in bond
• estate-bottled

Anagrams

• blotted