"ship in a bottle" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌʃɪp ɪn ə ˈbɒtl̩/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌʃɪp ɪn ə ˈbɑtəl/ [General-American], [-ɾəl] [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ship in a bottle.wav Forms: ships in bottles [plural], ships in a bottle [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒtəl Head templates: {{en-noun|ships in bottles|ships in a bottle}} ship in a bottle (plural ships in bottles or ships in a bottle)
  1. 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. Hypernyms: impossible bottle Related terms: bottle episode, message in a bottle Translations (ornament consisting of a model ship inside a glass bottle): vaixell en una botella [masculine] (Catalan), flessenscheepje [neuter] (Dutch), pullolaiva (Finnish), bateau en bouteille [masculine] (French), Buddelschiff [neuter] (German), Flaschenschiff [neuter] (German), flaskeskute [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), flaskeskute [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), statek w butelce [masculine] (Polish), barco en una botella [masculine] (Spanish), flaskskepp [neuter] (Swedish)
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