bottling

Putting in vessels

Bottling is the process of putting liquids into bottles for storage or sale: The winery handles bottling on-site.

In British slang, bottling is attacking someone with a broken bottle, or losing nerve at a crucial moment: He was accused of bottling it before the big match.

The emotional sense bottling up means suppressing feelings rather than expressing them.

beverage

winery

Grape beverage producer

carbonation · pasteurization · sterilization · capping · corking · labeling · vintner · brewmaster · wine · beer

sealing

capping

Setting an upper limit

airtight · closure · lidding · stopper · gasket · leakproof · tamper-proof · ring-pull · twist-off

brewing

beer

Fermented grain drink

  • aleWarm-fermented malt drink
  • lagerCold-conditioned beer
  • stoutHeavy, dark brewed beverage

hops · yeast · fermentation · wort · mashing · conditioning · filtering · carbonation · homebrew · microbrewery

preserving

canning

Airtight food preservation

brining · fermenting · preserves · marmalade · chutney · relish · sauerkraut · kimchi · confit · lacto-fermentation

packaging

labeling

Assigning identifying markers

boxes · pallets · shrink-wrap · cardboard · corrugated · tamper-evident · distribution · logistics · branding · barcodes

emotion

suppressing

Forcibly restraining or inhibiting

internalizing · restraining · swallowing · burying · hiding · pent-up · unexpressed · simmering · exploding · releasing

Categories
Opposites
containment action

bottlingpouring out

Releasing liquid by tilting

uncorking · emptying · releasing · decanting · dispensing

emotional expression

bottlingventing

Releasing emotion verbally

releasing · expressing · letting out · unburdening · airing

packaging method

bottlingcanning

Airtight food preservation

bagging · boxing · cartooning

Phrases
Family

rebottling, bottlings

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G