Cup

/ˈkʌp/ · noun

Meaning

A concave vessel for drinking, usually made of opaque material (as opposed to a glass) and with a handle..

Definitions by Sense

1. A concave vessel for drinking, usually made of opaque material (as opposed to a glass) and with a handle.
2. The contents of said vessel.
3. A customary unit of measure
4. A trophy in the shape of an oversized cup.
5. A contest for which a cup is awarded.
6. (soccer) The main knockout tournament in a country, organised alongside the league.
7. (golf) A cup-shaped object placed in the target hole.
8. A container in which dice are held and shaken before being thrown.

Example Sentences

Pour the tea into the cup.

I drank two cups of water but still felt thirsty.

In Starbucks’s case, the firm has in effect turned the process of making an expensive cup of coffee into intellectual property.

The World Cup is awarded to the winner of a quadrennial football tournament.

Of all the queer collections of humans outside of a crazy asylum, it seemed to me this sanitarium was the cup winner. […] When you're well enough off so's you don't have to fret about anything but your heft or your diseases you begin to get queer, I suppose.

The World Cup is the world's most widely watched sporting event.

Until it was disbanded in 1999, the European Cup-Winners Cup was contested annually by the winners of Europe's national cups.

Wallace had the unique distinction of being the only player ever to play in the English, Welsh and Scottish Cups in the same season.

Synonyms for cup

Antonyms for cup

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Word Forms

• cups
• cupping
• cupped

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