# bottled

Pronunciation: say "BOT-uhld" US /ˈbɑ.tl̩d/, UK /ˈbɒt.l̩d/; AUS say "BO-tuhld"

## Adjective

1. Packaged in a bottle for sale, storage, or distribution.
   - Simple: Put into a bottle for selling or storing.
   - _Bottled spring water fills the shelves of every grocery store._
   - _Many cafes now charge extra for bottled drinks._
3. Held back and kept from being expressed, as emotions one refuses to release.
   - Simple: Held inside and not let out, like feelings you keep hidden.
   - _Years of bottled resentment finally surfaced during the argument._
   - _He carried a bottled grief that he never spoke about._
4. Drunk; heavily intoxicated from drinking alcohol. *(slang)*
   - Simple: Drunk after having too much alcohol.
   - _He was thoroughly bottled before last call._
   - _Half the guests were bottled and singing off-key by ten o'clock._
5. Having the shape of a bottle, or swelling outward the way the body of a bottle does.
   - Simple: Shaped like a bottle, or bulging out the way a bottle does.

## Verb

2. Simple past and past participle of bottle. — simple past and past participle of bottle
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of bottle. Use it for bottling that already happened.
   - _The winery bottled this vintage three years ago._
   - _Volunteers bottled the honey and labeled each jar._

## Origin

Formed from "bottle" combined with the suffix "-ed".

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