loving cup
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- noun
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copa de amor
- The championship winner was presented with a beautiful loving cup at the awards ceremony.
- a silver loving cup
- hunt loving cup
Examples
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We'll make yours a loving cup.
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You ought to see all the loving cups I got.
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The prize, a genuine loving cup.
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Quite a loving cup, isn't it?
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Refill your loving cup?
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During the celebration, we all took turns sipping from the ornate loving cup filled with juice.
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At the reunion, the old loving cup was displayed, reminding everyone of past victories.
Synonyms
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1.1
A large decorative trophy with handles given to the winner
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4.1
A cup with a stem and base used for drinking, often for wine or ceremonies
A shallow two-handled cup from Scotland used for sharing drinks
How Ceremonial
Surface Forms
Morphology
The adjective 'loving' combined with 'cup' hints at a cup associated with affection or ceremonial/shared drinking, so a learner who knows both words could infer a ceremonial or affection-related object. However, the conventionalized sense as a specific large decorative trophy cup is not directly predictable from the parts, making the relation only partially transparent.
Etymology
Loving cup may come from an old custom where people passed a shared cup around to show 'friendship'. Because everyone drank from the same cup and the two handles made it easy to pass, the idea of 'loving' or friendship stuck. That's why today a loving cup is a large ceremonial trophy used at celebrations.