Cup

Noun

 * 1) A concave vessel for drinking from, usually made of opaque material (as opposed to a glass).
 * Pour the tea into the cup.
 * 1) A US unit of liquid measure equal to 8 fluid ounces, 1/16 of a US gallon, or 236.5882365 ml.
 * 2) A trophy in the shape of an oversized cup.
 * The World Cup is awarded to the winner of a quadrennial football tournament.
 * 1) A contest for which a cup is awarded.
 * The World Cup is the world's most widely watched sporting event.
 * 1)  A cup-shaped object placed in the target hole.
 * The ball just misses the cup.
 * 1) 🇺🇸 A rigid concave protective covering for the male genitalia. (for UK usage see box)
 * Players of contact sports are advised to wear a cup.
 * 1) One of the two parts of a brassiere which each cover a breast, used as a measurement of size.
 * The cups are made of a particularly uncomfortable material.
 * 1)  The symbol $$\cup$$ denoting union and similar operations (confer cap.)
 * 2) A suit of the minor arcana in tarot, or one of the cards from the suit.
 * 3) (ultimate frisbee) A defensive style characterized by a three player near defense cupping the thrower; or those three players.
 * 4) A flexible concave membrane used to temporarily attach a handle or hook to a flat surface by means of suction (suction cup.)

Derived terms

 * world cup
 * cupcake
 * cup size


 * egg cup
 * teacup

Coordinate terms

 * mug
 * pannikin

Descendants

 * Japanese:

Verb

 * 1)  To form into the shape of a cup, particularly of the hands
 * Cup your hands and I'll pour some rice into them.
 * 1)  To hold something in cupped hands
 * He cupped the ball carefully in his hands.

Adjectives
bitter;  enameled; verdant; tuliptinted; silver; red; lacquer; lordly; gold-encrusted; pink-sprigged;  intoxicating;   crowning; delicate; inebriating; consecrated; lustrous-petaled; sapphire; thin; large; thimble-like; quivering; graceful; odd; vicious; little; demure; coveted; fragile; impersonal; hygienic; invigorating.

Verbs
burnish—; drain—; drink—; fill—; finger —; overflow—; partake of—; pour—; quaff—; sip—; share—; steep in—; swell over—; taste—; wash—; win—; —contains; —flows; —runs over; —sparkles; —steams.

Thesaurus
Friday, Friday the thirteenth, Old Mug, alveolation, alveolus, antrum, appointed lot, arch, armpit, astral influences, astrology, bail, barrow, basin, bays, beaker, blackjack, bleed, book of fate, boundary stone, bowl, brass, bucket, bust, cairn, cave, cave in, cavity, cenotaph, chalice, chaplet, civic crown, coffee cup, column, concave, concavity, constellation, crater, cromlech, cross, crown, crypt, cyclolith, decant, depression, destination, destiny, dies funestis, dip, dish, dish out, dish up, dolmen, doom, eggcup, end, fatality, fate, fold, follicle, footstone, foredoom, fork, fortune, funnel chest, future, garland, give a transfusion, glass, goblet, grave, gravestone, headstone, highball glass, hoarstone, hole, hollow, hollow out, hollow shell, horn, ides of March, incurve, inevitability, inscription, jigger, kismet, lacuna, ladle, laurel, laurels, leech, let blood, lot, loving cup, marker, mausoleum, megalith, memento, memorial, memorial arch, memorial column, memorial statue, memorial stone, menhir, moira, monolith, monument, mound, mug, necrology, noggin, obelisk, obituary, palm, palms, perfuse, phlebotomize, pillar, pit, planets, plaque, pocket, pony, portion, pot, pour, prize, punch bowl, pyramid, reliquary, remembrance, retire, retreat, ribbon, rostral column, schooner, schooper, scoop, shaft, shell, shot glass, shovel, shrine, sink, sinus, socket, spade, spoon, stars, stein, stela, stone, stupa, tablet, tankard, tassie, teacup, testimonial, tomb, tombstone, tope, transfuse, trophy, trough, tumbler, unlucky day, vug, weird, wheel of fortune, will of Heaven, wineglass, wreath

Etymology
From cuppe:, from  cuppa:, probably a form of  cupa:, from. Reinforced in Middle English by Anglo-Norman cupe:, from the same Latin source.

Noun

 * Afrikaans: koppie
 * Arabic: كأس, كوب, فنجان
 * Armenian:
 * Bashkir:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 杯子
 * Croatian:
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:, kop
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:, coupe
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:
 * Hindi: प्याला, कप
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: cupán
 * Italian: tazza, coppa
 * Japanese:, , ,
 * Kalmyk:
 * Kazakh: шыны аяқ
 * Khakas: ,
 * Korean: 컵
 * Kumyk:
 * Kyrgyz: чыны, чөйчөк, аяк
 * Latin: catillus, cantharus, cantharus, patera, patera, patera


 * Latvian: krūzīte, tase, tasīte
 * Lithuanian: puodelis, puodukas
 * Luhya:
 * Macedonian: шолја, ,
 * Mongolian: аяга
 * Old French:
 * Persian:, پنگان
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russia Buryat:
 * Russian: (with a handle),,  (with a stem)
 * Scottish Gaelic: ,
 * Serbian: шоља, шољица, чаша, филџан
 * Shor:
 * Slovak: šálka, hrnček
 * Sotho:
 * Southern Altai: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tajik: пиёла
 * Tatar: çınayaq, qäsä
 * Thai: ถ้วย
 * Turkish: ,
 * Turkmen: çanak, käse
 * Urdu: کپ, پیالا
 * Uzbek: piyola
 * Vietnamese: chén, ly
 * West Frisian:
 * Yakut: ,


 * Afrikaans: koppie
 * Arabic: كوب
 * Bulgarian:
 * French:
 * Greek:


 * Persian: پیمانه
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: kaffekopp, kkp
 * West Frisian: kopke


 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: купа
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: κύπελλο
 * Latvian: kauss


 * Lithuanian: taurė
 * Macedonian:
 * Persian:
 * Polish: puchar
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbian: пехар
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: pokal


 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: купа
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: bekertoernooi
 * French: coupe
 * German:, ,
 * Greek: κύπελλο


 * Macedonian:
 * Polish: puchar
 * Portuguese: copa
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbian: куп
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: cup, pokal, turnering


 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech: košíček
 * Danish:
 * French:
 * German: Körbchen


 * Greek:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: чашечка
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:


 * : filxhan
 * : tassa
 * : šalica
 * : taso
 * : kplu (1)
 * : כוס (kos) (1); ספל (sefel)  (1 - for coffee, tea); גביע (gavia)  (3,4)


 * : bolli
 * : tazza (1), coppa  (3,4,7), conchiglia  (6), ventosa  (11)
 * : カップ (kappu) (1,2,3,4,7)
 * : calix (genitive: calicis)
 * : puodukas
 * : (fenjân)
 * : caneca, caneco , taça , copa
 * : ceaşcă, cană
 * : šoljica (tea cup), šalica  (mug)

Verb

 * Swedish: kupa (1) hålla (2)

Anagrams

 * CPU
 * PUC
 * UPC

Adjective

 * 1) odd (not even)

Synonyms

 * tek

Noun
(a variant of sup)


 * 1) shoulder

Noun

 * 1) cup contest