bottleful

[ bot-l-fool ]

noun

, plural bot·tle·fuls.

1. the amount that a bottle can hold:

   drinking soda by the bottleful.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bottleful¹

First recorded in 1860–65; bottle ¹ + -ful

Example Sentences

“The world was a bottleful of sparkling darkness and the cops the ones charged with keeping the cork in while the rich shook and shook.”

From Washington Post

Reading those bits, and thousands like them, is like uncorking a bottleful of joy and pouring it over my head.

From The Guardian

In the afternoon, Offandi came on board, and after drinking a glass of rum, begged for a bottleful to take ashore.

From Project Gutenberg

He couldn't think of losing the quinine,—it had cost too much,—and he saved it by drinking that whole bottleful at a gulp.

From Project Gutenberg

Sturgess and I will hunt for water, and bring you a bottleful.

From Project Gutenberg