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  • 31Cup — A cup is any of a variety of drinkware used to consume food or beverage. Cup or cups may also refer to: In archaeology For Cup and ring marks, the cup refers to a type of carved hole in petroglyphs In cooking: Measuring cup, a measuring… …

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  • 32cup — 1 /kVp/ noun 1 FOR DRINKING FROM (C) a small round container with a handle, that you use to drink tea, coffee etc: a cup and saucer | tea cup/coffee cup: a beautiful set of tea cups compare mug 1 (1) 2 DRINK (C) the liquid contained inside a cup …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 33cup — I UK [kʌp] / US noun Word forms cup : singular cup plural cups *** 1) [countable] a small round container for a drink, usually with a handle Henry took the coffee cups into the kitchen. She filled my cup with hot tea. cups and saucers: Where do… …

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  • 34CUP — Der Begriff Cup bezeichnet: die Bezeichnung für einen Pokal, der nach Wettkämpfen oder Sportveranstaltungen verliehen wird ein Wettkampf, bei dem ein Cup im obigen Sinne verliehen wird. Beispiele: Admiral’s Cup, America’s Cup, UI Cup, Davis Cup,… …

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  • 35cup — cup1 [ kʌp ] noun *** ▸ 1 container for drink ▸ 2 metal container as prize ▸ 3 something small, round, & hollow ▸ 4 round part of bra ▸ 5 hole with flag in golf ▸ 6 mixed alcoholic drink ▸ 7 in sports ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) count a small round… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 36cup — cuplike, adj. /kup/, n., v., cupped, cupping. n. 1. a small, open container made of china, glass, metal, etc., usually having a handle and used chiefly as a receptable from which to drink tea, soup, etc. 2. the bowllike part of a goblet or the… …

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  • 37Cup —    A wine cup (Gen. 40:11, 21), various forms of which are found on Assyrian and Egyptian monuments. All Solomon s drinking vessels were of gold (1 Kings 10: 21). The cups mentioned in the New Testament were made after Roman and Greek models, and …

    Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • 38cup — [[t]kʌ̱p[/t]] ♦ cups, cupping, cupped 1) N COUNT A cup is a small round container that you drink from. Cups usually have handles and are made from china or plastic. ...cups and saucers. N COUNT: usu N of n A cup of something is the amount of… …

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  • 39cup — {{11}}cup (n.) O.E. cuppe, from L.L. cuppa cup (source of It. coppa, Sp. copa, O.Fr. coupe cup ), from L. cupa tub, cask, tun, barrel, from PIE *keup a hollow (Cf. Skt. kupah hollow, pit, cave, Gk. kype a …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 40cup — /kʌp / (say kup) noun 1. a small, open container, especially of porcelain or metal, used mainly to drink from. 2. (often upper case) an ornamental cup or other article, especially of precious metal, offered as a prize for a contest: Melbourne… …