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WINE BOTTLE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A bottle for holding wine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("wine bottle" is a kind of...):

bottle (a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or capped)

Meronyms (parts of "wine bottle"):

bottle cork; cork (the plug in the mouth of a bottle (especially a wine bottle))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "wine bottle"):

bota (a wine bottle made of leather)

double-magnum; jeroboam (a large wine bottle (holds 4/5 of a gallon))

magnum (a large wine bottle for liquor or wine)

nebuchadnezzar (a very large wine bottle holding the equivalent of 20 normal bottles of wine; used especially for display)

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