cupnoun
uk/kʌp/us/kʌp/cup noun (DRINKING CONTAINER)
A1 [ C ] a small, round container, often with a handle, used for drinking tea, coffee, etc.:
[ C ] US a container that holds slightly under a quarter of a litre of liquid, used for measuring when cooking
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- My father always has a biscuit and a cup of tea at bedtime.
- She prefers her tea in a proper china cup and saucer.
- Lynn plopped a paper cup down beside her.
- The rim of the cup was chipped and broken.
- These plastic cups are virtually indestructible.
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Dishes, bowls, cups & glasses
- basin
- beaker
- chalice
- champagne flute
- coaster
- crockery
- dinner service
- dish
- middy
- mortar
- mug
- place mat
- platter
- pudding basin
- stein
- stem
- stoneware
- tableware
- tankard
- tea set
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cup noun (SPORT)
B1 [ C ] a specially designed cup, usually with two handles and often made of silver, given as a prize in a sports competition or in a game or match in which the winner receives such a cup:
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- They presented the winner with a shining silver cup engraved with his name.
- This is the seventh year in succession that they've won the cup.
- If France lose this game, their chances of winning the cup will be over.
- The crowd cheered ecstatically as the team captain raised the cup above his head.
- Germany and Brazil are competing for the cup in what promises to be a thrilling final.
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Prizes, rewards and medals
- Academy Award
- award
- blue ribbon
- booby prize
- bronze
- bronze medal
- gong
- Grammy
- honor
- honorable
- honour
- honourable mention
- Pulitzer Prize
- Purple Heart
- quid pro quo
- reward
- ribbon
- stake
- trophy cabinet
- VC
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cup noun (CONTAINER)
[ C ] a bowl-shaped container:
[ C ] one of the two parts that support the breasts in a woman's bra (= piece of underwear):
[ C ] US UK box a curved piece of hard plastic that is worn by men while playing sports to protect their outer sex organs
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Dishes, bowls, cups & glasses
- basin
- beaker
- chalice
- champagne flute
- coaster
- crockery
- dinner service
- dish
- middy
- mortar
- mug
- place mat
- platter
- pudding basin
- stein
- stem
- stoneware
- tableware
- tankard
- tea set
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cup noun (DRINK)
[ C or U ] UK a mixture of several types of drink, often including one that is alcoholic, often drunk at parties and usually served from a bowl:
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Cocktails
- Bloody Mary
- Buck's Fizz
- caipirinha
- cocktail
- daiquiri
- gimlet
- highball
- kir
- manhattan
- margarita
- mimosa
- mint julep
- mojito
- Pimm's
- punch
- sangria
- sour
- spritzer
- swizzle stick
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Idiom(s)
cupverb [ T ]
uk/kʌp/us/kʌp/-pp-to hold your hands in the shape of a cup, often around something:
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Having in your hands
- ahold
- arm
- clasp
- clench
- cling
- cradle
- dandle
- enfold
- grasp
- hand
- hand in hand idiom
- handle
- hang
- hang on
- hang/hold on like grim death idiom
- hold
- hold on
- onto
- pinion
- seize
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