cup
IPA: kˈʌp
noun
- A concave vessel for drinking from, usually made of opaque material (as opposed to a glass) and with a handle.
- The contents of said vessel.
- A customary unit of measure
- (US) A US unit of liquid measure equal to 8 fluid ounces (¹⁄₁₆ of a US gallon; 236.5882365 mL) or 240 mL.
- (Canada) A Canadian unit of measure equal to 8 imperial ounces (¹⁄₂₀ imperial gallon; 227.3 mL) or 250 mL.
- (UK, dated) A British unit of measure equal to ¹⁄₂ imperial pint (10 imperial ounces; 284 mL) or 300 mL.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A metric unit of measure equal to 250 mL.
- A trophy in the shape of an oversized cup.
- A contest for which a cup is awarded.
- (soccer) The main knockout tournament in a country, organised alongside the league.
- (golf) A cup-shaped object placed in the target hole.
- (in combination) Any of various sweetened alcoholic drinks.
- (US, Canada) A rigid concave protective covering for the male genitalia.
- One of the two parts of a brassiere which each cover a breast.
- Prefixed with a letter, used as a measurement of bra or breast size.
- (mathematics) The symbol ∪ denoting union and similar operations.
- (tarot) A suit of the minor arcana in tarot, or one of the cards from the suit.
- (ultimate frisbee) A defensive style characterized by a three player near defense cupping the thrower; or those three players.
- A flexible concave membrane used to temporarily attach a handle or hook to a flat surface by means of suction.
- Anything shaped like a cup.
- (medicine, historical) A cupping glass or other vessel or instrument used to produce the vacuum in cupping.
- (figurative) That which is to be received or indured; that which is allotted to one; a portion of blessings and afflictions.
- (informal, sports) A particular trophy that is a cup; sometimes with the definite article "the".
- (informal, sports) A win of a championship that is awarded a cup.
- (informal, sports) A win of an event comprising part of the championship, which is awarded a cup
- Initialism of Cambridge University Press.
verb
- (transitive) To form into the shape of a cup, particularly of the hands.
- (transitive) To hold something in cupped hands.
- (transitive) To pour (a liquid, drink, etc.) into a cup.
- (transitive, obsolete) To supply with cups of wine.
- (transitive, surgery, archaic) To apply a cup or cupping apparatus to; to subject to the operation of cupping.
- (transitive, engineering) To make concave or in the form of a cup.
Advertisement
Examples of "cup" in Sentences
- An exception is the Brimstone Cup.
- I had a cup of coffee in the evening.
- The author ends the story by sipping a cup of bitter coffee.
- The Centennial Cup was the forerunner to the Royal Bank Cup.
- The coffee passes through a filter and drips down into the cup.
- The ice in the cup is stunning, and all the glass is incredible.
- The lower cup represents the earth and the upper cup the heaven.
- The roasting process is integral to producing a savory cup of coffee.
- The 2007 Europe Cup in badminton was the 30th edition of the Europe Cup.
- The 2008 Europe Cup in badminton was the 31st edition of the Europe Cup.