A bottle fitted with a teat for giving milk (or occasionally other drinks) to babies and very young children. Also called a baby bottle, mother’s bottle, dummy, dummy bottle, feeding bottle, pap-bottle, and suck-bottle. The term is also used figuratively of any container holding liquid such as a can, jar, or box, especially a soda or water bottle. A bottle may also refer to a container holding food, such as soup or stew.
A glass bottle used to store and transport beverage liquids, often beer or wine. Bottles are usually transparent or translucent, with a wide variety of shapes and sizes obtainable. Some are shaped to be easy to grip, while others have wide mouths designed for pouring or adding ingredients. Some bottles are made of a hard material, such as glass, while others are made of a flexible plastic, such as polyethylene or PET. Bottles are usually labeled, either with adhesive or in a process known as in-mould labelling, which involves building the label into the bottle during manufacturing.
The curved “shoulder” of a bottle, which serves as an aid to stacking and can collect contents sediment. Also referred to as the collar by some glassmakers. See the Bottle Finishes page for much more information on bottle finish parts.
An episode of a television show that does not require extensive outdoor filming or large numbers of extras, but still requires a substantial cast and/or guest roles. A bottle episode is typically cheaper and faster to produce than other episodes, and is shot entirely on a set the show normally uses. Several episodes of shows like Girls, Succession, and The Last of Us have been described as bottle episodes.
To make an episode of a television show that does not use many special effects or a lot of time in exterior locations, but that still has a large cast and/or guest stars. A bottle episode is typically cheaper and faster than other episodes, and is shot entirely on the regular studio sets that the show normally uses.
The name stems from cockney rhyming slang, in which “bottle” is used to mean the anal sphincter of a woman, and “going” means losing control of it as a result of fear. This expression is also used figuratively of someone who has lost control of something, such as their emotions or a situation. A variation of this expression, popular among teens and linguists, is to say someone has a “bottle on” or is going through a difficult period in their life. This term has also become colloquial slang to refer to the act of suckling at another person’s bottle. In this context, the term is generally considered to be derogatory. In the United States, the introduction of bottle bills in the late 1970s caused a marked reduction in beverage-bottle litter and encouraged high recycling rates. Other countries have used similar laws with some degree of success. However, these policies have been controversial in some cases.
