cup

CEFRA1

/ˈkʌp/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A small container used for drinking.

  2. 02

    noun

    A prize in the shape of a cup.

Examples

  • I'm glad you enjoy skiing, but I guess it's just not my cup of tea.

  • Would you mind making an extra cup of coffee whenever you decide to have some?

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

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Parts of speech
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Synonyms
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Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A customary unit of measure, A US unit of liquid measure equal to 8 fluid ounces (¹⁄₁₆ of a US gallon; 236.5882365 mL) or 240 mL.

  2. The contents of said vessel.

  3. A concave vessel for drinking, usually made of opaque material (as opposed to a glass) and with a handle.

More examples

In context

  • He filled the cup with water.

  • I drank two cups of water but still felt thirsty.

  • The World Cup is awarded to the winner of a quadrennial football tournament.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

Inherited from Middle English cuppe, coppe, from the merger of Old English cuppe (“cup”) and Old English copp (“cup, vessel”). Old English cuppe is a borrowing from Late Latin cuppa, itself of obscure origin, but probably from earlier Latin cūpa (“tub, cask”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewp- (“a hollow”). Old English copp, however, is from Proto-West Germanic *kopp (“round object, bowl, vessel, knoll, summit, crown of the head”), from Proto-Germanic *kuppaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to bend, curve, arch”) (whence also obsolete English cop (“top, summit, crown of the head”), German Kopf (“top, head”)). The Middle English word was further reinforced by Anglo-Norman cupe and Old French...