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styro cup

styro cup

4.0
A disposable cup made from Styrofoam that keeps drinks hot or cold
  • noun
  • /ˈstaɪroʊ kʌp/
  • US
translation icon : vaso de poliestireno
  • He prefers using a styro cup for his morning coffee because it keeps the drink hot.

Examples

  • She poured her tea into a styro cup before heading out the door.

  • The kids used styro cups for their juice.

  • After the meeting, empty styro cups were scattered around the table.

  • I drank my coffee from a styro cup.

  • He prefers using a styro cup for his morning coffee because it keeps the drink hot.

  • She poured her tea into a styro cup before heading out the door.

  • The kids used styro cups for their juice at the birthday party.

Synonyms

cup
vsstyro cup
846 1.0

A small open container with a handle for drinking liquids

is a disposable single-use vessel made from a specific manufactured material
foam cup
vsstyro cup
  • US
1 1.6

A light disposable container for drinks made from foam plastic

is the same disposable drink vessel but named for a particular material

How Insulating

styro cup
  • US
4.0
mug
112 1.0
cup
846 1.0
paper cup
12 1.0

Surface Forms

styro cup singular
styro cups plural

Morphology

styro + cup

This is a straightforward compound of material + object: 'styro' (short for Styrofoam) + 'cup' yields 'a cup made of Styrofoam', so a learner who knows both constituents can derive the meaning. Note that 'styro' is an informal/brand-derived form and may be absent from dictionaries, so some learners might not know the first element, but the composition itself is fully transparent.

Etymology

Styro cup probably comes from the brand name Styrofoam, the light white foam used to make cheap disposable cups. Because that foam keeps hot drinks warm and cold drinks cool, people began calling any foam drinking cup a 'styro cup'.