Bottle-bill
a legislative bill that requires the charging of a refundable deposit on certain beverage bottles and cans, to encourage the return of these containers for recycling while at the same time reducing littering.
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- Bottlebrush
any of various trees or shrubs of the myrtle family, especially of the genera Callistemon and Melaleuca, native to Australia and adjacent areas, having spikes of flowers with numerous conspicuous stamens. noun a cylindrical brush on a thin shaft, used for cleaning bottles Also called callistemon. any of various Australian myrtaceous shrubs or trees of […]
- Bottlebrush-grass
a North American grass, Hystrix patula, having loose flower spikes with long awns.
- Bottle-cap
a device for closing or sealing a bottle, especially a metal cover with a cork gasket fitting tightly over the mouth of a glass or plastic bottle, held in place by crimping the edge of the cap over the lip or flange of the bottle.
- Bottle-club
a club serving drinks to members who have reserved or purchased their own bottles of liquor.
- Bottle-feed
to nurse or feed (an infant or young animal) with milk or other nourishment from a nursing bottle. to nurture or teach with exaggerated care: We had to bottle-feed the new salesman on how to make door-to-door calls. to feed an infant or young animal from a nursing bottle. verb -feeds, -feeding, -fed to feed […]