Meaning & use
bottle green
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Meanings
noununcountable
A very dark green with a slight bluish tint, like the glass of a wine bottle.
Grammar: Used for the color itself: the car was painted bottle green.
Patterns
- painted bottle green
- in bottle green
The school jumpers were a deep bottle green.
She painted the front door bottle green to match the garden gate.
Bottle green looks smart with gold buttons.
adjectivenot comparable
Having a very dark green color like that of glass wine bottles.
Grammar: Often hyphenated before a noun: a bottle-green velvet sofa.
Patterns
- a bottle-green something
He wore a bottle-green blazer to the wedding.
The old sports car was bottle green with a tan leather interior.
A bottle-green bottle sat on the windowsill catching the sun.
Common combinations
- bottle-green velvet
- The sofa was covered in bottle-green velvet.
- dark bottle green
- The walls were a dark bottle green.
- bottle green uniform
- Students in bottle green uniforms filled the playground.
- painted bottle green
- The shutters were painted bottle green.
- bottle green glass
- The shelf held old bottle green glass jars.
Synonyms and how they differ
- forest green
- Forest green is a bit brighter and more natural, while bottle green is darker and deeper, like glass.
- racing green
- Racing green is a British car color that is similar but often slightly lighter than bottle green.
- emerald
- Emerald is brighter and more vivid, while bottle green is dark and subdued.
- hunter green
- Hunter green is the American term for a dark green like bottle green, though it is often a touch warmer.
Opposites
Word family
Commonly confused: bottle green or bottle-feed?
bottle green vs bottle-feed
Bottle-feed means to feed a baby from a bottle, and has nothing to do with color.
Practice
Which color is closest to bottle green?
Choose one answer.
Bottle green is a very dark, deep green like wine bottle glass. Lime and mint are lighter greens, and blue is a different color.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “bottle green”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.