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cup
  1. A concave vessel for drinking from, usually made of opaque material (as opposed to a glass) and with a handle.
  2. The contents of said vessel; a cupful.
  3. A customary unit of measure
    1. (US) A US unit of liquid measure equal to 8 fluid ounces (1/16 of a US gallon; 236.5882365 mL) or 240 mL.
    2. (Canada) A Canadian unit of measure equal to 8 imperial ounces (1/20 imperial gallon; 227.3 mL) or 250 mL.
    3. (Britain, dated) A British unit of measure equal to 0.5 imperial pints (10 imperial ounces; 284 mL) or 300mL.
  4. A trophy in the shape of an oversized cup.
  5. A contest for which a cup is awarded.
  6. (association football) The main knockout tournament in a country, organised alongside the league.
  7. (golf) A cup-shaped object placed in the target hole.
  8. (US, Canada) A rigid concave protective covering for the male genitalia. (for UK usage see box)
  9. One of the two parts of a brassiere which each cover a breast, used as a measurement of size.
  10. (mathematics) The symbol
  11. A suit of the minor arcana in tarot, or one of the cards from the suit.
  12. (ultimate frisbee) A defensive style characterized by a three player near defense cupping the thrower; or those three players.
  13. A flexible concave membrane used to temporarily attach a handle or hook to a flat surface by means of suction (suction cup).
  14. Anything shaped like a cup.
  15. (medicine) A cupping glass or other vessel or instrument used to produce the vacuum in cupping.
  16. That which is to be received or indured; that which is allotted to one; a portion.
  17. Synonyms:
  18. Examples:
    1. “Within hours, these same patients are sipping tea from a cup and eating peas with a fork.”
      “The Argentinian players made predictable statements about winning the cup for Maradona, but the tough question was whether they could win without him.”
      “She was sipping on what appeared to be an alcoholic fruit cup.”
cupola
  1. (architecture) A dome-shaped ornamental structure located on top of a larger roof or dome.
  2. (military) A small turret, usually on a hatch of an armoured fighting vehicle.
  3. (geology) An upward-projecting mass of plutonic rock extending from a larger batholith.
  4. (geometry) A solid formed by joining two polygons, one (the base) with twice as many edges as the other, by an alternating band of isosceles triangles and rectangles.
  5. A type of furnace used for smelting.
  6. (anatomy) A small cap over a structure that is shaped like a dome or inverted cup.
  7. Synonyms:
  8. Examples:
    1. “The round Basilica of the Superga has a two-conched cupola in the style of Michelangelo, flanked by two tall asymmetrical campaniles.”
      “When daylight came, already the roof of the dome, with its cupola and lantern, had fallen in, its timbers burning fiercely.”
      “The scaffolding reaches to the top of the cupola that adorns the roof giving the builders a perch almost 100 feet up.”
cupping
  1. (medicine) The operation of drawing blood to or from the surface of the person by forming a partial vacuum over the spot.
  2. (medicine) A similar operation for drawing pus from an abscess.
  3. (medicine) Fire cupping, a traditional therapeutic treatment called in which heated cupping glasses are applied to the skin, supposedly to draw blood towards the surface.
  4. The taking of a small amount of a beverage such as tea or coffee into the mouth in order to taste it; a session where this is done.
  5. Synonyms:
  6. Examples:
    1. “He advises the use of cupping to draw inflammation toward the surface of the body.”
cupper
  1. (medicine) One who performs the operation of cupping.
  2. (in combination) Someone with a specific bra size.
  3. (slang) A coffee aficionado.
  4. (Britain, Oxford and Cambridge universities) An intercollegiate sporting competition, open to all colleges.
cupful
  1. The amount necessary to make a cup full
  2. A half pint, i.e. eight ounces
  3. Examples:
    1. “Reserve a small cupful of the cooking water, and then drain the trofie into a colander and transfer them to the large bowl with the green beans.”
      “He seemed both tired and restless by the time the meal was washed down with a cupful of water.”
      “Add about three-quarters of a cupful of normal rolled oats, and a little less than half a teaspoon of coarse seasalt.”
cuppa
  1. (Commonwealth of Nations) A cup of tea.
  2. Eye dialect spelling of cup of.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “You are invited to come along and have a cuppa, where you will meet old friends, and make new ones.”
      “It is 6am, I am having some Vegemite on toast and a cuppa coffee for brekky and then I am outta here for the day.”
      “Enough, we've all had enough of this nonsense and it's time for a strong cuppa.”
cupster
  1. (rare) a cupper
  2. (rare) a drunkard
cupule
  1. Any small structure shaped like a cup, such as at the base of an acorn, or the sucker on the feet of some flies
  2. Examples:
    1. “In addition to a terminal flower there may be several smaller lateral flowers in the axil of cupular bracts, each surrounded by its own small cupule.”
      “Here the involucre, in the form of a cup at the base, is called the cupule.”
      “The latter are in clusters of a few only, and each separate flower is enclosed in a cupule of overlapping scales.”
cupbearer
  1. One who ceremonially fills and hands the cups in which a drink is served.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Pietro Pierantoni restored arbitrarily its two forearms to give it the attributes of Ganymede, cupbearer of Zeus.”
      “Then, not long after, he entered the Dauphin's service in the capacity of cupbearer.”
      “Glory to his triumph'. Blazons decorate the surface of the ewer, bearing depictions of a goblet, thereby alluding to the position of cupbearer.”
cupset
  1. (sports, Britain, slang) An upset in a cup competition.
cupbearing
  1. The role of a cupbearer; the carrying of a cup.
cuppiness
  1. The state or quality of being cuppy.
cupmaker
  1. someone who makes cups
cups
  1. plural of cup
  2. A suit of the minor arcana in tarot, bearing the symbol of a cup or chalice.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “Other stars of the collection are remnants of medieval glazed jugs, tableware, and three-handled drinking cups from the 17th century.”
      “Nests are open cups made of weeds, grass, plant fibers, and moss, with a lining of fur and feathers.”
      “I had just knocked off three bagels and lox with cream cheese, and washed em down with four cups of very strong coffee.”
cupbearers
  1. plural of cupbearer
cupmakers
  1. plural of cupmaker
cupolae
cuppings
cupsters
  1. plural of cupster
cupolas
  1. plural of cupola
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The building is of soft cream colour and its octagonal towers are crowned with cupolas.”
      “Most manufacturers make their cupolas with copper-cladded roof structures, which are beautiful and blend with virtually any type of roofing.”
      “The large building is built in the traditional style with barrel vaulted ceilings and cupolas.”
cupsets
  1. plural of cupset
cupsful
  1. plural of cupful
cupules
  1. plural of cupule
  2. Examples:
    1. “As the ovules developed, they eventually abscised and fell out, leaving the cupules empty.”
      “The cupules are simple involucres of bracts which are spirally arranged on the floral axis preceding the flower.”
      “When we tested an enteric strip, we consistently achieved the expected reactions in the cupules with patient-originated Klebsiella pneumoniae.”
cupfuls
  1. plural of cupful
  2. Examples:
    1. “Staff gave her a choice of gin, vodka or whisky, before she was given two cupfuls to drink immediately.”
      “We drink cupfuls of tea, followed by whisky and rum to warm ourselves.”
      “And two cupfuls of tomato juice added to a warm bath helps dispel the odours of excess perspiration, especially in hot climates.”
cuppers
  1. plural of cupper
cuppas
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