Bottle

A bottle having a base portion including a base wall, a body portion extending upwardly from the base portion, the body portion having a lower end extending from the base portion, a central portion and an upper end, and a neck portion extending upwardly from the upper end, the neck portion providing an outlet opening and a fitting for a closure of the bottle, wherein the body portion comprises first and second major faces, each extending substantially along the length of the body portion, which are opposite to each other and mutually separated on opposite sides of a first central plane of the bottle by a spacing, wherein the spacing decreases proceeding from the lower end to the central portion and from the central portion to the upper end, wherein the body portion further comprises first and second sides, each first and second side connecting the first and second major faces, the bottle further comprising a first recess in the first major face, the first recess being configured to receive a human thumb, the first recess having an open end at the first side and a closed end in the first major face, and the first recess having a downwardly-oriented upper wall extending between the open end and the closed end, and wherein the bottle further comprises a second recess on the second major face, the second recess being configured to receive a human thumb, and having an open end at the second side and a closed end in the second major face, and having a downwardly-oriented upper wall extending between the open end and the closed end, wherein the upper wall of each of the first and second recesses is arcuate, being concave towards each of the first and second recesses, respectively, and is lower at the respective open end than at the respective closed end.