CUP | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of cup in English cupnoun uk /kʌp/ us /kʌp/

cup noun (CONTAINER)

Add to word list Add to word list A1 [ C ] a small, round container, often with a handle, used for drinking tea, coffee, etc., or the drink that it contains: cup of Would you like a cup of coffee?cup and saucer He brought tea in a matching cup and saucer.plastic cup For safety they serve the beer in plastic cups.paper cup She sipped water from a paper cup.coffee cup Soup can look elegant served in coffee cups. See also teacup   Dorling Kindersley/GettyImages [ C ] US a container that holds slightly under a quarter of a litre of liquid, used for measuring when cooking, or the amount that it contains: cup of Add up to 3 cups of flour, kneading until the dough is no longer sticky. Add 2 cups (of) flour and half a cup (of) sugar. Compare measuring cup   C Squared Studios/Stockbyte/Getty Images /GettyImages [ C ] a bowl-shaped container: an egg cup Evenly fill the muffin cups with the batter.

• 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.

Dishes, bowls, cups & glasses

• ballon
• beaker
• bowl of something
• cake stand
• chafing dish
• drinkware
• egg cup
• finger bowl
• flute
• glassware
• quarter plate
• ramekin
• salver
• saucer
• serving board
• toby jug
• trencher
• tumbler
• tureen
• washbowl

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Measurements of volume: informal Cookery terms

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 a game or match in which the winner receives such a cup: win a cup Sheila won this cup in the school squash championship. The Davis Cup is an important championship.   Ratchat/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages

• 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.

Prizes, rewards and medals

• (the/a pot of gold at) the end of the rainbow idiom
• Academy Award
• award
• bemedalled
• blue ribbon
• booby prize
• bronze
• gold medal
• gong
• grab bag
• Grammy
• honour
• Oscar
• platinum disc
• prize
• Pulitzer Prize
• rainbow
• stake
• the golden boot
• the wooden spoon

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cup noun (SUPPORTING THE BODY)

[ C ] one of the two parts that support the breasts in a bra (= piece of underwear): "What size bra do you wear?" "I wear a C cup." [ C ] US (UK box) a curved piece of hard plastic that is worn by men while playing sports to protect their outer sex organs Underwear

• base layer
• Basque
• binder
• bloomer
• bodice
• falsies
• flimsy
• French knickers
• G-string
• girdle
• scanties
• shapewear
• shorts
• singlet
• skivvy
• union suit
• unmentionables
• uplift
• vest
• VPL

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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: a strawberry/cider cup Cocktails

• Bloody Mary
• Buck's Fizz
• caipirinha
• cocktail
• cosmopolitan
• gimlet
• highball
• julep
• kir
• manhattan
• mint julep
• mixology
• mocktail
• mojito
• orgeat
• shaker
• shrub
• spritz
• spritzer
• swizzle

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Idiom

not be someone's cup of tea cupverb [ T ] uk /kʌp/ us /kʌp/ -pp- to hold your hands in the shape of a cup, often around something: cup something in your hands She gently cupped the small injured bird in her hands. Having in your hands

• arm
• chokehold
• clasp
• clench
• cling
• clutch
• dandle
• grasp
• grim
• grip
• hand in hand idiom
• handle
• hang
• hang/hold on like grim death idiom
• join hands idiom
• nurse
• onto
• purchase
• seize
• taken

See more results » CUPnoun [ U ]   medical   specialized uk /ˌsiː ˌjuː ˈpiː/ us /ˌsiː ˌjuː ˈpiː/ abbreviation for carcinoma of uncertain primary origin: the situation when cancer is found in one or more places in the body but the place where it started is unknown Cancer

• acinic cell carcinoma
• acral lentiginous melanoma
• adenocarcinoma
• adenoma
• aggressive
• benignant
• big C
• bilateral acoustic neurofibromatosis
• bilateral acoustic schwannoma
• brachytherapy
• carcinogen
• Hodgkin's lymphoma
• inoperable
• lymphoma
• malignantly
• meningioma
• metastasis
• precancerous
• Waldenstrom macroglobulinaemia
• Wilms' tumour

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cup | American Dictionary

cupnoun [ C ] us /kʌp/ Add to word list Add to word list a small, round container, usually with a handle, used esp. for hot drinks such as coffee and tea: Would you like a cup of coffee? A cup is also a unit of measure equal to half a pint and often used in cooking: a cup of flour cupverb [ T ] us /kʌp/ -pp- to press your hands together to form a ball-like shape with an opening at the top between your thumbs, or to hold something gently with a hand or between both hands: He cupped his hands and dipped them in the water to get a drink. She cupped her baby's face in her hands and kissed him. (Definition of cup from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of cup

cup When dispensing the adhesive, the distance between the needle tips and the solar cells gripped by the suction cups must be adjustable. From the Cambridge English Corpus The two groups of releases (1 and 3) from the 10 cm diameter cup had different volumes (and densities) of material released. From the Cambridge English Corpus The cups were kept in a plastic tray lined with moistened filter paper to maintain humidity. From the Cambridge English Corpus In this machine there is a continuous operation that begins with the user selecting the number of coffee cups that he wants. From the Cambridge English Corpus There is increasing debate among users of the vacuum extractor about the advantages and limitations of the various modifications of the cups. From the Cambridge English Corpus There would be matching plates and cups and saucers and a cake on a glass stand. From the Cambridge English Corpus The cups were then checked daily for fly or parasitoid emergence. From the Cambridge English Corpus Both causes are preventable with regular maintenance of the pump and by exercising care when applying the cup. From the Cambridge English Corpus Volume changes in cupping glasses and the air pump measured the power of this active elasticity. From the Cambridge English Corpus Things seems to be natural extensions of her hands - spoon, warming pot, ladle, pitchers with handles, cup, glass, and pestle. From the Cambridge English Corpus Make up with 1 teaspoon of salt in 200 ml (approx. 1 cup) of previously boiled water. From the Cambridge English Corpus For example, the user may point to a specific blob and inform the system that this is a cup. From the Cambridge English Corpus The coffee in the cup at my elbow is (to me) hot, brown, of a certain weight and size, and in a specific location. From the Cambridge English Corpus Subjects were positioned using a chin cup with the test eye at the focal point of the lights. From the Cambridge English Corpus The 0-, 1-, 2-, and 3-day-old eggs placed on a moist filter paper in a plastic cup (50 ml). From the Cambridge English Corpus See all examples of cup These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.

Collocations with cup

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cup matchIn the case of cup match replays, the police require 10 days notice. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0   cup of teaWe have a cup of tea together. From the Cambridge English Corpus   cup titleThis is their second cup title. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.   These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. See all collocations with cup What is the pronunciation of cup, CUP?

Translations of cup

in Chinese (Traditional) 飲料容器, 杯子（常帶有柄）, （容量約為升的）量杯… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 饮料容器, 杯子（常带有柄）, （容量约为升的）量杯… See more in Spanish taza, copa, vaso… See more in Portuguese xícara, taça, ponche… See more in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Russian in Telugu in Arabic in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Korean in Italian कप, एक विशेष डिझाइन केलेला कप, सहसा दोन कानांसह आणि बर्याचदा चांदीपासून बनवलेला एखाद्या क्रीडा स्पर्धेत किंवा एखाद्या खेळात किंवा सामन्यात बक्षीस म्हणून दिला जातो ज्यामध्ये विजेत्याला असा चषक मिळतो… See more カップ, 優勝カップ, 計量カップ… See more fincan, kupa, ölçek… See more tasse [feminine], gobelet [masculine], tasse… See more tassa, copa, vas… See more kop, beker, tot een kom vormen… See more ஒரு சிறிய, வட்ட கொள்கலன், பெரும்பாலும் ஒரு கைப்பிடியுடன்… See more प्याला, कप, पुरस्कार के रूप में किसी स्पर्धा के विजेता को दिया गया प्रायः चाँदी का बना एक कप… See more કપ, પ્યાલો… See more kop, pokal, danne skål med hænderne… See more kopp, [pris]pokal, buckla… See more cawan, piala, menadah… See more die Tasse, der Pokal, hohl machen… See more kopp [masculine], kopp, beger… See more کپ, پیالی, کپ (کھیل میں جیتا جانے والا کپ)… See more чашка, кубок, надавати форму чашки… See more чашка, кубок, складывать пригоршней… See more కప్పు, ప్రత్యేకంగా రూపొందించిన కప్పు, సాధారణంగా రెండు హ్యాండిల్స్‌తో మరియు తరచుగా వెండితో తయారు చేయబడుతుంది… See more فِنْجان, كَأس, كوب لِقياس السوائل… See more চা, কফি ইত্যাদি খাওয়ার কাপ, কাপ… See more šálek, pohár, nastavit dlaně do tvaru šálku… See more cangkir, piala, membentuk corong… See more ถ้วย, ถ้วยรางวัล, ทำเป็นรูปถ้วย… See more tách, cúp, khum thành hình chén… See more filiżanka, puchar, ćwierć litra… See more 컵, 잔, 우승컵… See more tazza, coppa, mettere le mani a forma di coppa… See more Need a translator?

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• cup tie
• egg cup
• FA Cup
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• optic cup

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• lift a/the cup phrase
• not be someone's cup of tea idiom
• there's many a slip twixt cup and lip idiom
• there's many a slip between the cup and the lip idiom
• there's many a slip twixt cup and lip, at there's many a slip between the cup and the lip idiom
• there's many a slip between the cup and the lip, at there's many a slip twixt cup and lip idiom

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  • Noun 
    • cup (CONTAINER)
    • cup (SPORT)
    • cup (SUPPORTING THE BODY)
    • cup (DRINK)
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