Woulfe's bottle

noun

An apparatus consisting of a bottle with a number of separate openings that can each be closed with a cork or left open.

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Meanings

nounWoulfe's bottle (plural Woulfe's bottles)

plural Woulfe's bottles

  1. historicalchemistryAn apparatus consisting of a bottle with a number of separate openings that can each be closed with a cork or left open.

Origin

After its inventor, Peter Woulfe, an Irish born chemist.

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Woulfe's bottle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Woulfe's%20bottle

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“Woulfe's bottle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Woulfe's%20bottle. Accessed November 4, 2026.

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Woulfe's bottle,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Woulfe's%20bottle.

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