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bottler

US/ˈbɑtəlɚ/

bottler noun: a person, company, or thing who bottles, especially in bulk.

Noun (1)

bottler (plural bottlers)

  1. A person, company, or thing who bottles, especially in bulk.
    • They shall provide all bottlers with face guards,[…].1899, John Calder, The Prevention of Factory Accidents, page 307
    • Such data is of great value both to the bottlers and to Coca-Cola′s sales and marketing groups.
      “When the bottler looks at this information, he might be interested in how a certain supermarket is performing, while we in the company are interested in how much, for example, McDonald’s is buying in...1994 May 30, Shawn Willett, PC tools help Coke add life to flat AS/400 data, InfoWorld, page 63
  2. A truck used for transporting bottled goods in crates.
  3. (UK, slang) A person or group that fails to meet expectations, especially one prone to such failure.
    Synonyms:
    choker
  4. A Punchman's assistant who collects money ("bottle") from the audience.

Noun (2)

bottler (plural bottlers)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, often, slang) a person or thing that is excellent or admirable.
    • In Kiwi language anyway, the Minister of Industries and Commerce will go down in history as a real bottler in every sense of the word.1970, New Zealand House of Representatives, Parliamentary Debates, page 455
    • Mum's a real bottler and you′ll find her very sympathetic.2007, Anthony David Parsons, Tony Parsons, Valley of the White Gold

Examples of bottler in a sentence

  • Note 8, “Noncontrolled Bottling Affiliates” (Appendix A), indicates that PepsiCo owns approximately 40 percent of the common stock of some of its bottlers.2010, James M. Wahlen, Clyde P. Stickney, Paul Brown, Stephen P. Baginski, Mark Bradshaw, Financial Reporting, Financial Statement...
  • Maritime Transport runs a train from the bottler of Cola-Cola in Tilbury, six days a week.2023 April 19, Paul Clifton, “Rail is clearly key to our future”, in RAIL, number 981, page 32:

Synonyms of bottler

Forms of bottler

pluralbottlers

Origin of bottler

From Middle English boteller, botullere, equivalent to bottle + -er. Piecewise doublet of butler.

* Perhaps from the idea of something being of a high quality and worthy of preservation by bottling, probably from the phrase "good enough to bottle"; compare corker. * Perhaps a modification of battler, Australian slang of similar meaning.

Words formed from bottler

Questions about bottler

What does bottler mean?
Bottler means a person, company, or thing who bottles, especially in bulk.
How do you use bottler in a sentence?
Note 8, “Noncontrolled Bottling Affiliates” (Appendix A), indicates that PepsiCo owns approximately 40 percent of the common stock of some of its bottlers.
What part of speech is bottler?
Bottler is a noun.
How do you pronounce bottler?
Bottler is pronounced /ˈbɑtəlɚ/ (US).
What is the plural of bottler?
The plural of bottler is bottlers.

Words near bottler in the dictionary

  1. bottlenose whales
  2. bottlenosed
  3. bottlenosed dolphin
  4. bottlenosed dolphins
  5. bottlenoses
  6. bottler
  7. bottlers
  8. bottles
  9. bottles away
  10. bottles down
  11. bottles it

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