milk bottles

Doorstep dairy deliveries

Milk bottles are glass or plastic containers used for storing and delivering milk.

In countries with doorstep delivery traditions, the reusable glass bottle became iconic—left empty on the stoop for the milkman to collect.

The term also appears in British slang for pale legs that haven't seen sun: Look at those milk bottles.

Opposites
container type/packaging format

milk bottlesmilk cartons

Rectangular beverage packaging

cartons · plastic containers · milk jugs · pouches · cans

Family

milk, bottle, milky, bottled, milking, milked, bottling, milkshake, milkman

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