"message in a bottle" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-message in a bottle.wav Forms: messages in a bottle [plural], messages in bottles [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|messages in a bottle|messages in bottles}} message in a bottle (plural messages in a bottle or messages in bottles)
  1. A message written on a scrap of paper, rolled up and put in an empty bottle and set adrift on the ocean; traditionally, a method used by castaways to advertise their distress to the outside world. Translations (message put in an empty bottle and set adrift on the ocean): flaskepost [common-gender] (Danish), flessenpost [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), pulloposti (Finnish), bouteille à la mer [feminine] (French), Flaschenpost [feminine] (German), flöskuskeyti [neuter] (Icelandic), messaggio in bottiglia [masculine] (Italian), ボトルメール (Japanese), wiadomość w butelce [feminine] (Polish), flaskpost [common-gender] (Swedish)
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  2. (figurative) An analogous message sent off into the world or universe without knowledge of who the recipient will be: plaques on craft launched into outer space, interstellar radio messages, stationary time capsules, balloon mail, and so on. Tags: figuratively Categories (topical): Communication
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