B2verbemotionsfood
US/ˈbɑː.təl/
UK/ˈbɒt.əl/
to put a liquid into bottles; with 'up', to keep strong feelings hidden instead of showing them
In context
The water is bottled at a spring high in the mountains.
Don't bottle up your anger; talk to someone you trust.
The family has been bottling its own fish sauce for three generations.
Words that go with bottle
verb + adverb
- bottle upMen are often taught to bottle up their emotions.
- keep bottled upShe kept her worries bottled up for years.
adjective + noun
- bottled waterTourists are advised to drink bottled water.
verb + noun
- bottle up feelingsIf you bottle up your feelings, they will come out later in other ways.
- bottle wineThe small vineyard still bottles its wine by hand.