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PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: cup

1
 nv
a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle
form into the shape of a cup
2
 n
a punch served in a pitcher instead of a punch bowl
3
 n
the hole (or metal container in the hole) on a golf green
4
 n
a large metal vessel with two handles that is awarded as a trophy to the winner of a competition
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: cup
1

n a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle

“he put the cup back in the saucer”
“the handle of the cup was missing”
Examples:
Holy Grail
(legend) chalice used by Christ at the Last Supper
Types:
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beaker
a cup (usually without a handle)
chalice, goblet
a bowl-shaped drinking vessel; especially the Eucharistic cup
coffee cup
a cup from which coffee is drunk
Dixie cup, paper cup
a disposable cup made of paper; for holding drinks
grace cup
cup to be passed around for the final toast after a meal
cylix, kylix
a shallow drinking cup with two handles; used in ancient Greece
moustache cup, mustache cup
a drinking cup with a bar inside the rim to keep a man's mustache out of the drink
scyphus
an ancient Greek drinking cup; two handles and footed base
teacup
a cup from which tea is drunk
demitasse
small coffee cup; for serving black coffee
Type of:
container
any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)
crockery, dishware
tableware (eating and serving dishes) collectively

n a United States liquid unit equal to 8 fluid ounces

Type of:
United States liquid unit
a liquid unit officially adopted in the United States Customary System

n the quantity a cup will hold

“he drank a cup of coffee”
“he borrowed a cup of sugar”
Synonyms:
cupful
Type of:
containerful
the quantity that a container will hold

n any cup-shaped concavity

“bees filled the waxen cups with honey”
“he wore a jock strap with a metal cup”
“the cup of her bra”
Type of:
concave shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature
a shape that curves or bends inward

n cup-shaped plant organ

Types:
acorn cup, cupule
cup-shaped structure of hardened bracts at the base of an acorn
Type of:
plant organ
a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus

v form into the shape of a cup

“She cupped her hands”
Type of:
form, shape
give shape or form to

v put into a cup

“cup the milk”
Type of:
enclose, inclose, insert, introduce, put in, stick in
introduce

v treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin

Synonyms:
transfuse
Type of:
care for, treat
provide treatment for
2

n a punch served in a pitcher instead of a punch bowl

Types:
champagne cup
a punch containing a sparkling wine
claret cup
a punch made of claret and brandy with lemon juice and sugar and sometimes sherry or curacao and fresh fruit
Type of:
punch
an iced mixed drink usually containing alcohol and prepared for multiple servings; normally served in a punch bowl
3

n the hole (or metal container in the hole) on a golf green

“he swore as the ball rimmed the cup and rolled away”
“put the flag back in the cup”
Type of:
hole
an opening deliberately made in or through something
4

n a large metal vessel with two handles that is awarded as a trophy to the winner of a competition

“the school kept the cups is a special glass case”
Synonyms:
loving cup
Types:
Davis Cup
cup awarded for the annual international team tennis competition
Type of:
prize, trophy
something given as a token of victory
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