past and past participle
Put a liquid into bottles for storage or sale.
I bottled the tomato sauce last night.
The wine was bottled in glass containers.
American English
How to pronounce bottled
verb · adjectiveA2Common word
BAHdld
/ˈbɑ.ɾl̩d̚/
2 syllables · Stress the first syllable.
Form of bottle
Bottled is also common before a noun in phrases such as bottled water.
Put a liquid into bottles for storage or sale.
Practice out loudMeanings & examples
past participle used as an adjective
Kept in bottles, usually for storage or sale.
Bottled water is available at the front desk.
The store sells bottled lemonade.
past and past participle phrasal verb
Kept feelings inside instead of talking about them.
She bottled up her anger for years.
He had bottled up his feelings until he finally talked.
Useful expressions
to keep feelings inside and not talk about them
She bottles up her anger.
a message put in a bottle and sent into the water
They found a message in a bottle on the beach.
Related words & forms
For the verb, drop the final e before -ed and -ing: bottled and bottling, not bottleed or bottleing.