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A container for liquids.

- Mariotte b. a stoppered b. with bottom outlet, used as a reservoir for constant infusions; air enters only by bubbling through a tube extending down through the stopper almost to the bottom; a partial vacuum thus supports the variable height of liquid above the air inlet, providing a constant gravity head for outflow.

- wash-b. 1. a b. with a tube passing to the bottom, through which gases are forced into water to purify them; 2. a stoppered b. with two tubes, one ending above and the other below a fluid, so that air blowing through the short tube forces liquid in a small stream from the free end of the long one; used for washing chemical apparatus.

- Woulfe b. a b. with two or three necks, used in a series, connected with tubes, for working with gases (washing, drying, absorbing, etc.).

bot·tle 'bät-əl n, often attrib

1) a rigid or semirigid container typically of glass or plastic having a comparatively narrow neck or mouth and usu. no handle see WASH BOTTLE

2) liquid food usu. consisting of milk and supplements that is fed from a bottle (as to an infant) in place of mother's milk