Phrase guide

wine bottle

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A tall bottle with a long neck, normally made of dark or clear glass, for holding and serving wine.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bottle of wine

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a bottle for holding wine

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: bottle

Narrower terms: bota, jeroboam, double-magnum, magnum, nebuchadnezzar

History

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English wynebotellys pl, equivalent to wine + bottle.

Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Cantonese: 酒樽 (zau2 zeon1) — bottle for holding wine
  • Chinese: 酒矸 (zh-min-nan) — bottle for holding wine
  • Chinese: 酒矸仔 (chiú-kan-á) — bottle for holding wine
  • Chinese: 酒瓶 (zh-min-nan) — bottle for holding wine
  • Chinese Mandarin: 酒瓶 (jiǔpíng) — bottle for holding wine
  • Czech: láhev na víno — bottle for holding wine
  • Danish: vinflaske — bottle for holding wine
  • Dutch: wijnfles — bottle for holding wine
  • Esperanto: vinbotelo — bottle for holding wine
  • Estonian: veinipudel — bottle for holding wine
  • Finnish: viinipullo — bottle for holding wine
  • French: bouteille de vin — bottle for holding wine
  • German: Weinflasche — bottle for holding wine
  • Greek: μπουκάλι του κρασιού (boukáli tou krasioú) — bottle for holding wine
  • Hungarian: borosüveg — bottle for holding wine
  • Japanese: ワインボトル (wainbotoru) — bottle for holding wine
  • Korean: 와인병 (wainbyeong) — bottle for holding wine
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vinflaske — bottle for holding wine
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vinflaske — bottle for holding wine
  • Polish: butelka na wino — bottle for holding wine
  • Portuguese: garrafa de vinho — bottle for holding wine
  • Romanian: sticlă de vin — bottle for holding wine
  • Slovene: buteljka — bottle for holding wine
  • Spanish: botella de vino — bottle for holding wine
  • Swedish: vinflaska — bottle for holding wine
  • Swedish: vinpava — bottle for holding wine
  • Turkish: şarap şişesi — bottle for holding wine
  • Ukrainian: винна пляшка (vynna pljaška) — bottle for holding wine
  • Welsh: costrel win — bottle for holding wine