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Bottled in bond

Bottled in bond, or bonded whiskey, is a US legal designation from the Bottled-in-Bond Act of 1897: one distiller, one season, four years aged, 100 proof, water only, government-supervised bonded warehouse.

Bottled water

Bottled water, or packaged drinking water, is water sealed in containers for sale, sourced from springs, wells, mineral aquifers, or municipal tap water. Key facts: FDA 250 ppm TDS mineral-water definition, ozone disinfection, USD 285 billion 2020 market, 92-100% microplastic detection.

Bottom (TV series)

Bottom is the BBC Two slapstick sitcom (1991-1995) written by and starring Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson as Richie Richard and Eddie Hitler, two unemployed losers in a Hammersmith flat; it spawned five stage tours and Guest House Paradiso.

Bottom of the Wave

Bottom of the Wave (Qararat al-Mawja) is the third poetry collection of the Iraqi poet Nazik al-Mala'ika, published in Beirut in 1957 during the rise of Arabic free verse.

Bottom-tier Character Tomozaki (弱キャラ友崎くん)

弱キャラ友崎くん (Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki) is a Japanese school rom-com light novel series by Yuki Yaku and Fly in Shogakukan's Gagaga Bunko, 2016 to final volume Lv.12 (October 2026), about gamer Fumiya Tomozaki coached in life by Aoi Hinami; adapted into a manga and two anime seasons.

Bottomless Pit (album)

Bottomless Pit is Death Grips' fifth studio album, released May 6, 2016 on Third Worlds/Harvest; 13 tracks in 39 minutes, following Interview 2016, with Nick Reinhart guitars, free stems, and a Metacritic score of 80.

Bottoms (film)

Bottoms is a 2023 American teen sex comedy directed by Emma Seligman, starring Rachel Sennott and Ayo Edebiri as unpopular seniors who start a girls' fight club.

Bou Buttu Bhuta (ବୋଉ ବୁଟୁ ଭୂତ)

Bou Buttu Bhuta (ବୋଉ ବୁଟୁ ଭୂତ) is a 2025 Odia comedy-horror drama directed by Jagdish Mishra, starring Babushaan Mohanty and Aparajita Mohanty; released 12 June 2025, it became the highest-grossing Odia film.

Boubacar Boris Diop

Boubacar Boris Diop, born in 1946 in Dakar, is a Senegalese novelist who writes in French and Wolof and won the 2022 Neustadt International Prize for Literature.

Boucheron

Boucheron is a French high jewelry house founded in Paris in 1858 by Frédéric Boucheron, known for the clasp-free Question Mark necklace and owned by Kering.

Bouchra

Bouchra, originally titled For Aicha, is a 2025 adult animated feature by Meriem Bennani and Orian Barki about a queer Moroccan filmmaker in New York, made in Blender with real phone calls to her mother in Casablanca.

Boudica (2023 film)

Boudica, also released as Boudica: Queen of War, is Jesse V. Johnson's 2023 British action drama starring Olga Kurylenko as the Iceni queen who revolts against Rome; noted for Tacitus and Dio sources, anachronistic Saxons, and weak reception.

Boudin

Boudin is a type of sausage with two distinct uses. In France, it is a cooked charcuterie preparation, while in Louisiana, it is a seasoned link of pork and rice.

Boudoir photography

Boudoir photography, also called boudoir portraiture, is intimate semi-clothed studio portraiture made privately for the subject themselves, distinct from glamour and erotic photography. Genre roots trace to 1920s-era boudoir imagery; modern client-led boudoir took shape in the 1990s and 2000s.

Boudu Saved from Drowning

Boudu Saved from Drowning (Boudu sauvé des eaux) is Jean Renoir's 1932 French comedy starring Michel Simon as a tramp rescued from the Seine by a bourgeois bookseller, whose household he disrupts; adapted from René Fauchois's play, remade as Down and Out in Beverly Hills.

Bougainvillea (film)

Bougainvillea (ബൗഗൈൻവില്ലേയ്) is a 2024 Malayalam psychological crime thriller directed by Amal Neerad, starring Kunchacko Boban, Jyothirmayi, and Fahadh Faasil, released 17 October 2024 and streaming on SonyLIV from 13 December 2024.

Bouillabaisse

Bouillabaisse: Marseille's Provençal rock-fish stew, from Provençal boui-abaisso ("when it boils, lower the heat"), served as saffron broth with rouille and croutons, then fish cut at table; governed since 1980 by a 17-signatory charter requiring at least 4 fish species.

Bouillon cube

Bouillon cube, also stock or broth cube, dehydrated broth in about 4 g cubes; invented by Julius Maggi in 1908 using hydrolyzed vegetable protein; followed by OXO and Knorr; high in salt, used worldwide.

Boulevard (2026 film)

Boulevard is a 2026 Spanish romantic drama adapted from Flor M. Salvador's Wattpad series, directed by Sonia Méndez, starring Eve Ryan and Mikel Niso as high school outcasts.

Boulevard City

Boulevard City is the flagship entertainment zone of Riyadh Season in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, a free-to-enter district of arenas, theaters, and restaurants in the Hittin district.

Boulevard du Temple (photograph)

Boulevard du Temple, also titled Paris Boulevard, is an 1838 daguerreotype by Louis Daguerre, considered the earliest surviving photograph of human beings: a shoe shiner and his customer.

Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Green Day song)

Boulevard of Broken Dreams: 2004 Green Day single from American Idiot, written by Armstrong, Dirnt, and Tré Cool; Billboard Hot 100 number 2, Grammy Record of the Year 2006, six MTV VMAs including Video of the Year.

Boulevard theatre

Boulevard theatre, or théâtre de boulevard, is a French tradition of light commercial entertainment theater named for the Paris playhouses of the boulevard du Temple and Grands Boulevards.

Boulevard World

Boulevard World is a country-themed entertainment zone of Riyadh Season in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, opened in 2022 with replicas and pavilions devoted to cultures from around the world.

Boulle work

Boulle work, also spelled Buhl work, is a style of marquetry in which designs cut from brass or pewter are set into tortoiseshell, named for the French cabinetmaker André-Charles Boulle.

Boulting brothers

The Boulting brothers, John and Roy Boulting, were identical twin British film producer-directors who founded Charter Films in 1937, made Brighton Rock, Seven Days to Noon, and I'm All Right Jack, and alternated producing and directing roles.

Bounce (music genre)

Bounce is a dance rap style that emerged in New Orleans in the early 1990s, built on call-and-response chants and the Triggerman beat, later popularized nationally by Big Freedia.

Bound (1996 film)

Bound is a 1996 American neo-noir crime thriller directed by the Wachowskis, starring Jennifer Tilly and Gina Gershon as lovers plotting to steal mob money.

Bound 2

"Bound 2" is a 2013 Kanye West song, the final track and second single from Yeezus, sampling Ponderosa Twins Plus One's 1971 "Bound"; known for its Nick Knight music video with Kim Kardashian and the Franco-Rogen parody.

Bound by Honor (2025 TV series)

Bound by Honor (also marketed as Turn the Mafia's Virgin Wife On) is a 2025 ReelShort vertical drama adapted from Cora Reilly's 2014 mafia romance novel, starring Savannah Coffee as Aria and Rhett Wellington as Luca, premiering November 1, 2025, with 93-94 episodes and a 2026 sequel, Bound by Love. Distinct from the 1993 film Blood In Blood Out.