cup
- noun
- /kʌp/
- Go do something useful, go make me a cup of coffee.
- a cup of coffee
- a cup of tea
- sippy cup
Hello, I'm picking up a cup from Sturpin.
- Hello, I'm picking up a cup from Sturpin.
- College girls, you know, red cups, you know, it's just loud music.
- So I'm not using paper cups anyway.
- If you have plastic dishes and plastic cups, throw them away.
- Sit down, grab a cup of eggnog and enjoy.
- My hatred for these cups does nothing but grow.
- I can't spit that bitch into a cup, Jerry.
Examples
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Zoe made me a cup of tea and some cereal.
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Just a cup of black coffee, please.
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You want to come over for a cup of coffee?
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How about a cup of coffee?
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Louise went downstairs and brought up a cup of hot coffee for her mother.
Fiction book (1990) -
Why don't you come in, let me make you a cup of tea?
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I just poured myself a cup of coffee.
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I set it on the table, poured myself a second cup of coffee, and dialed.
Fiction book (1990) -
"Would you be so kind as to pour me another cup of tea?" said Bertie sweetly.
Fiction book (1990) -
I had a lovely cup of warm tea this morning.
Synonyms
A container used for drinking, often for water or juice
A large cup with a handle for drinking hot drinks
A container that holds liquids like a bowl or cup
A small cup with a handle used for drinking coffee
A large cup with a handle for drinking hot drinks like coffee
A cup with a stem and base used for drinking, often for wine or ceremonies
A small cup with a handle used for drinking tea
A cup made of paper that you throw away after drinking from it
A container to drink from, usually for water or juice
A large sturdy cup with a handle for serving beer
A cup that keeps drinks hot or cold and has a lid for carrying
A cup with no handle, often made of plastic, used for drinking
A small disposable paper cup for drinking water or other drinks
A large cup with two handles given as a trophy at ceremonies
A container like a cup or mug for holding liquids to drink
Idioms
Compounds
An international soccer tournament held every four years where national teams play to win the world title
- US
A small round cup of paper, foil, or silicone that holds and shapes muffins while they bake
- Archaic
A small bowl made from bone ash used to separate precious metals during testing
- Specialized
A small brown mushroom that looks like a cup and grows on dead wood in damp places
- UK
A very poisonous white mushroom with a cup-shaped base and white gills that can kill if eaten
- Specialized
An electric machine with a cup-shaped metal part that turns around a fixed magnet inside
- Specialized
A small bright red mushroom shaped like a cup that grows on the forest floor
- Specialized
A small plant that comes back every year with two opposite leaves and a stem of white flowers
- Specialized
A cuplike part at the base of a flower that holds small parts like petals and stamens
- Specialized
A slender plant with shiny brown stalks and divided leaves with small brown dots along the edges
- Archaic
A cup with a small bar inside the rim that keeps a man's mustache out of the drink
- US
A plant from Mexico with bright yellow cup-shaped flowers and blue-grey divided leaves
- US
A plant from western North America with one or two white star-shaped flowers on short leafless stems
- Specialized
A two-layer cup in a developing embryo that becomes the retina's dark and light-sensing layers
How Big
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cup comes from an old Latin word cuppa that meant a small 'drinking vessel'. So a cup today is a small open container used for drinking.