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From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Related topics: Household
hot-water bottleˌhot-ˈwater ˌbottle noun [countable] hot_water_bottle.jpg DHa rubber container full of hot water, used to make a bed warm
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hot-water bottle• My daughter feels as soft as a marshmallow, as warm as a hot-water bottle.• When Penry arrived with the promised drink he also brought a hot-water bottle.• Helen made tea and filled a hot-water bottle for Theresa.• More than once a hot-water bottle filled with cider burst in the back of a closet, for a chambermaid to find.• Alternatively, she could lie on her stomach with a hot wet towel or a hot-water bottle placed on her buttocks.• There was nothing more to do tonight except to fill her hot-water bottle.• The rubber hot-water bottle was a very modern idea at the time the house was built.
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