Definition of pottle in English:

pottle

noun ˈpɒt(ə)lˈpädl

archaic

1A measure for liquids equal to a half gallon.
〈古〉波特尔（半加仑的液量）
Example sentencesExamples
- In 1639 an English consumer paid one penny for a pottle of milk.
- The recipe in ‘Proper newe’ calls for eight eggs and a pottle of cream.
- The bird was then pounded in a mortar, distilled with a lot of sack - a pottle was half a gallon, or four pints - and the milk.
1. 1.1 A pot or container holding a measure for liquids equal to a half gallon.
  〈古〉波特尔（半加仑的液量）
2A small conical punnet for strawberries or other fruit.
〈英，古〉小柳条水果篮
Example sentencesExamples
- In this case, Herbert is carrying a pottle of strawberries, so the basket reference is probably the correct one.
- When you purchase a pottle take care, disreputable vendors often stuff the bottom with paper or overripe berries.
1. 2.1NZ A small plastic or cardboard food container.
  a pottle of apricot yogurt
  一小盒杏子酸奶。
  Example sentencesExamples
  As I dry the last of the ex-takeaway plastic pottles, I'm entranced by the effort required to eat without hands.
  No chance, this was a pottle of yoghurt, New Zealand-style, and entirely different from the fermented milk sold across the ditch.
  We gave up and bought little ice cream pottles at the service station.
  Once I move a little way away from the fresh produce, however, and into the cans, bottles, pottles, plastics, and packets, ‘buying local’ becomes much more difficult.
  Possibly earlier if an additional 6.3 million pottles of yoghurt are eaten for breakfast.
  Had she not been confronted with it even once during the course of the day, selling countless dozens of pottles?
  Her talent for cosmetic embellishment and reinvention extended far beyond pottles of skin cream.

Origin

Middle English (in sense 1): from Old French potel 'little pot', diminutive of pot.

Rhymes

axolotl, bottle, dottle, glottal, mottle, throttle, wattle

Definition of pottle in US English:

pottle

nounˈpädl

archaic

1A measure for liquids equal to a half gallon.
〈古〉波特尔（半加仑的液量）
Example sentencesExamples
- The recipe in ‘Proper newe’ calls for eight eggs and a pottle of cream.
- The bird was then pounded in a mortar, distilled with a lot of sack - a pottle was half a gallon, or four pints - and the milk.
- In 1639 an English consumer paid one penny for a pottle of milk.
1. 1.1 A pot or container holding a measure for liquids equal to a half gallon.
  〈古〉波特尔（半加仑的液量）

Origin

Middle English (in pottle (sense 1 of the noun)): from Old French potel ‘little pot’, diminutive of pot.

词汇	pottle
释义	Definition of pottle in English: pottle noun ˈpɒt(ə)lˈpädl archaic 1A measure for liquids equal to a half gallon. 〈古〉波特尔（半加仑的液量） Example sentencesExamples In 1639 an English consumer paid one penny for a pottle of milk. The recipe in ‘Proper newe’ calls for eight eggs and a pottle of cream. The bird was then pounded in a mortar, distilled with a lot of sack - a pottle was half a gallon, or four pints - and the milk. 1.1 A pot or container holding a measure for liquids equal to a half gallon. 〈古〉波特尔（半加仑的液量） 2A small conical punnet for strawberries or other fruit. 〈英，古〉小柳条水果篮 Example sentencesExamples In this case, Herbert is carrying a pottle of strawberries, so the basket reference is probably the correct one. When you purchase a pottle take care, disreputable vendors often stuff the bottom with paper or overripe berries. 2.1NZ A small plastic or cardboard food container. a pottle of apricot yogurt 一小盒杏子酸奶。 Example sentencesExamples As I dry the last of the ex-takeaway plastic pottles, I'm entranced by the effort required to eat without hands. No chance, this was a pottle of yoghurt, New Zealand-style, and entirely different from the fermented milk sold across the ditch. We gave up and bought little ice cream pottles at the service station. Once I move a little way away from the fresh produce, however, and into the cans, bottles, pottles, plastics, and packets, ‘buying local’ becomes much more difficult. Possibly earlier if an additional 6.3 million pottles of yoghurt are eaten for breakfast. Had she not been confronted with it even once during the course of the day, selling countless dozens of pottles? Her talent for cosmetic embellishment and reinvention extended far beyond pottles of skin cream. Origin Middle English (in sense 1): from Old French potel 'little pot', diminutive of pot. Rhymes axolotl, bottle, dottle, glottal, mottle, throttle, wattle Definition of pottle in US English: pottle nounˈpädl archaic 1A measure for liquids equal to a half gallon. 〈古〉波特尔（半加仑的液量） Example sentencesExamples The recipe in ‘Proper newe’ calls for eight eggs and a pottle of cream. The bird was then pounded in a mortar, distilled with a lot of sack - a pottle was half a gallon, or four pints - and the milk. In 1639 an English consumer paid one penny for a pottle of milk. 1.1 A pot or container holding a measure for liquids equal to a half gallon. 〈古〉波特尔（半加仑的液量） Origin Middle English (in pottle (sense 1 of the noun)): from Old French potel ‘little pot’, diminutive of pot.
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