bottleful

American  

[bot-l-fool] / ˈbɒt lˌfʊl /

noun

plural

bottlefuls

1. the amount that a bottle can hold.

   drinking soda by the bottleful.

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Etymology

Origin of bottleful

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

Example Sentences

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

From The Guardian • Dec. 5, 2015

And six-year-old Jackie Jenkins, with his bottleful of bugs and headful of lies, is as charming as he was in The Human Comedy.

From Time Magazine Archive

None of the condiments are expensive, and so little is used at a time that one bottleful lasts a long time.

From The Century Cook Book by Ronald, Mary

Should you apprehend a relapse, keep a small bottleful about you, and on the slightest symptom repeat the dose.”

From Talkers With Illustrations by Bate, John

Getting no result, he emptied out a little heap—nearly half the bottleful, in fact—upon a slate and tried a match.

From The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)