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Woulfe's bottle

Woulfe's bottle noun: an apparatus consisting of a bottle with a number of separate openings that can each be closed with a cork or left open.

Noun

Woulfe's bottle (plural Woulfe's bottles)

  1. (historical) An apparatus consisting of a bottle with a number of separate openings that can each be closed with a cork or left open.

Forms of Woulfe's bottle

pluralWoulfe's bottles

Origin of Woulfe's bottle

After its inventor, Peter Woulfe, an Irish born chemist.

Questions about Woulfe's bottle

What does Woulfe's bottle mean?
Woulfe's bottle means an apparatus consisting of a bottle with a number of separate openings that can each be closed with a cork or left open.
What part of speech is Woulfe's bottle?
Woulfe's bottle is a noun.
What is the plural of Woulfe's bottle?
The plural of Woulfe's bottle is Woulfe's bottles.

Words near Woulfe's bottle in the dictionary

  1. wouldve
  2. wouldya
  3. wouled
  4. Woulfe bottle
  5. Woulfe bottles
  6. Woulfe's bottle
  7. wouling
  8. wouls
  9. wound
  10. wound around one's little finger
  11. wound back

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