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Hot-water bottle   /hɑt-wˈɔtər bˈɑtəl/   Listen
Hot-water bottle

noun
1.
A stoppered receptacle (usually made of rubber) that is to be filled with hot water and used for warming a bed or parts of the body.  Synonym: hot-water bag.






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"Hot-water bottle" Quotes from Famous Books



... for their afternoon walk I found, on my return, that she had used the time to turn out a cupboard, and looked more tired than ever. The next day I sent the maid downstairs to settle the children in the perambulator, when I produced a hot-water bottle from under my coat, and had a heart to heart talk ...
— The Lady of the Basement Flat • Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey

... a sigh of relief.) Well, it is a mighty queer place! My word, how cold your hands are! (Going quickly to telephone and speaking into telephone.) Please send up two hot-water bottles at once. Yes, hot-water bottles. Never heard of a hot-water bottle before? ...
— The Great Adventure • Arnold Bennett

... cause, get into the blood, are carried to the sensitive nerves of the head and face, and irritate them so that they ache. It is foolish to try to do anything to the head itself for the relief of headache, although cold cloths, or a hot-water bottle, may be soothing in mild cases. The thing to do is to clear the poison out of the blood, and the only way is to find what ...
— A Handbook of Health • Woods Hutchinson

... Caroline said. 'Do you think I'm going to sit in a ball-room in a shawl? Why not take a hot-water bottle ...
— THE MISSES MALLETT • E. H. YOUNG



Words linked to "Hot-water bottle" :   hot-water bag, receptacle



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