cup | (noun) a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle | - |
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(noun) a large metal vessel with two handles that is awarded as a trophy to the winner of a competition | Synonyms: loving cup |
(noun) the hole (or metal container in the hole) on a golf green | - |
(noun) a punch served in a pitcher instead of a punch bowl | - |
(noun) cup-shaped plant organ | - |
(noun) the quantity a cup will hold | Synonyms: cupful |
(noun) a United States liquid unit equal to 8 fluid ounces | - |
(noun) any cup-shaped concavity | - |
cupbearer | (noun) the attendant (usually an officer of a nobleman's household) whose duty is to fill and serve cups of wine | - |
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cupboard | (noun) a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space | Synonyms: closet |
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cupcake | (noun) small cake baked in a muffin tin | - |
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cupel | (noun) a small porous bowl made of bone ash used in assaying to separate precious metals from e.g. lead | Synonyms: bone-ash cup, refractory pot |
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cupflower | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Nierembergia having upturned bell-shaped flowers | Synonyms: nierembergia |
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(noun) Mexican evergreen climbing plant having large solitary funnel-shaped fragrant yellow flowers with purple-brown ridges in the throat | Synonyms: chalice vine, Solandra guttata, trumpet flower |
cupful | (noun) the quantity a cup will hold | Synonyms: cup |
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cupid | (noun) a symbol for love in the form of a cherubic naked boy with wings and a bow and arrow | - |
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cupidity | (noun) extreme greed for material wealth | Synonyms: avarice, avariciousness, covetousness |
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cupola | (noun) a roof in the form of a dome | - |
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(noun) a vertical cylindrical furnace for melting iron for casting | - |
cuppa | (noun) a cup of tea | Synonyms: cupper |
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cupper | (noun) a cup of tea | Synonyms: cuppa |
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cupping | (noun) a treatment in which evacuated cups are applied to the skin to draw blood through the surface | - |
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cuprite | (noun) a mineral consisting of cuprous oxide that is a source of copper | - |
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cupronickel | (noun) a 60/40 alloy of copper and nickel | - |
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cupule | (noun) a sucker on the feet of certain flies | - |
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(noun) cup-shaped structure of hardened bracts at the base of an acorn | Synonyms: acorn cup |