bottling

Pluralbottlings

1. 1
   verb

   The -ing form of bottle. Use it after am, is, are, was or were, or to name the action.

   The volunteers are bottling apple juice for the school fair.

   We kept bottling cider until we ran out of bottles.

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2. 2
   nouncountable

   A group of bottles filled at the same time from one barrel or batch.

   Like a single tray of cookies, all baked from the same dough at once.

   This bottling came from a single barrel of cider.

   Each bottling tastes a little different depending on the season.

   Similarbatch, vintage

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3. 3
   nouncountable

   Throwing bottles at a band or act on stage to show that you dislike them.

   Like throwing rotten tomatoes at a bad actor in old plays, but with bottles.

   The band laughed off a brief bottling and kept playing.

   A bottling from the crowd ended the comedian's set early.

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