ship in a bottle
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Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌʃɪp ɪn ə ˈbɒtl̩/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌʃɪp ɪn ə ˈbɑtəl/, [-ɾəl]
- Rhymes: -ɒtəl
- Hyphenation: ship in a bot‧tle
Noun edit
ship in a bottle (plural ships in bottles or ships in a bottle)
- An ornament consisting of a model ship inside a glass bottle, usually one with a narrow neck which makes it difficult to see how the ship was put in place.
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ornament consisting of a model ship inside a glass bottle
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Further reading edit
- impossible bottle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “ship in a bottle, n.” under “ship, n.1”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2021.