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- Dictionarycup/kʌp/
noun
- 1. a small bowl-shaped container for drinking from, typically having a handle.
- 2. an ornamental trophy in the form of a cup, usually made of gold or silver and having a stem and two handles, awarded as a prize in a sports contest. Similar
verb
- 1. form (one's hand or hands) into the curved shape of a cup: "‘Hey!’ Dad shouted, with his hands cupped around his mouth"
- 2. bleed (someone) by using a glass in which a partial vacuum is formed by heating: historical "Dr Ross ordered me to be cupped"
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CUP definition: 1. a small, round container, often with a handle, used for drinking tea, coffee, etc., or the drink…. Learn more.
The meaning of CUP is an open usually bowl-shaped drinking vessel. How to use cup in a sentence.
A cup is a large metal cup with two handles that is given to the winner of a game or competition. Cup is used in the names of some sports competitions in which the prize is a cup. Sri Lanka's cricket team will play India in the final of the Asia Cup. ...after his fateful injury in the FA Cup final.
A cup is like a small bowl with a handle. It's also a unit of measurement in cooking — if a recipe calls for a cup of water, it's the same as eight ounces. If you cup your hands, you form them into a cup shape, which you do when you hold a baby bird or cup your hand to whisper to your friend.
Definition of cup noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. [countable] a small container that is like a bowl in shape, usually with a handle, used for drinking tea, coffee, etc. He filled the cup with water. Want to learn more? [countable] the contents of a cup. She drank the whole cup. cup of something Would you like a cup of tea?
A cup is an open-top vessel (container) used to hold liquids for drinking, typically with a flattened hemispherical shape, and often with a capacity of about 100–250 millilitres (3–8 US fl oz). [1] [2] Cups may be made of pottery (including porcelain), glass, metal, [3] wood, stone, polystyrene, plastic, lacquerware, or other materials.
Things, or parts of things, that are small, round, and hollow in shape can be referred to as cups. ...the brass cups of the small chandelier. A cup is a large metal cup with two handles that is given to the winner of a game or competition. The Stars won the Stanley Cup in 1999.
CUP meaning: 1. a small, round container with a handle on the side, used to drink from: 2. a prize given to the…. Learn more.
CUP meaning: 1 : a small round container that often has a handle and that is used for drinking liquids (such as tea and coffee); 2 : the liquid that is contained in a cup
'cup' A cup is a small, round container, usually with a handle, from which you drink hot drinks such as tea and coffee. When you are not holding a cup, you usually rest it on a saucer.
