Meaning & use
water bottle
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Meanings
nouncountable
A container used for carrying drinking water, usually made of plastic or metal and often with a cap.
Grammar: Countable: you can say 'a water bottle' or 'two water bottles'.
Patterns
- a water bottle of something
- fill a water bottle
- carry a water bottle
She always takes a water bottle to the gym.
He filled his water bottle at the fountain before the hike.
The school asks every student to bring a reusable water bottle.
nouncountableBritish
A container filled with hot water and used to warm a bed, especially in British English.
Grammar: Countable; often used with 'hot' to make the meaning clear.
Patterns
- a hot water bottle
- put a water bottle in the bed
On cold nights, she puts a hot water bottle in her bed.
My grandmother always had a water bottle to keep her feet warm.
Word forms
| plural | water bottles |
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Common combinations
- reusable water bottle
- Buy a reusable water bottle to reduce plastic waste.
- fill a water bottle
- Please fill your water bottle before we leave.
- water bottle holder
- The backpack has a side pocket that works as a water bottle holder.
- plastic water bottle
- A plastic water bottle can take hundreds of years to break down.
Synonyms and how they differ
Word family
- bottle noun
- A container with a narrow neck, used for liquids.
- bottled water noun
- Water sold in bottles.
Commonly confused: water bottle or thermos?
water bottle vs thermos
A thermos is an insulated container that keeps drinks hot or cold; a water bottle may not be insulated.
Practice
Choose the best word to complete the sentence: 'She poured cold water into her ___ before the race.'
Choose one answer.
'Water bottle' is the container you put water in. 'Water clock' is a timekeeping device, 'waterfall' is a flow of water, and 'waterproof' is an adjective meaning not letting water through.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “water bottle”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.