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  1. noun A small open container, usually with a flat bottom and a handle, used for drinking.
  2. noun Such a container and its contents.
  3. noun A unit of capacity or volume equal to 16 tablespoons or 8 fluid ounces (237 milliliters). See Table at measurement.
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  • "But if a pen or a cup is there to simply * remind* the doctor about that particular brand available, what is wrong with this if the prescribing decision is still made on merits of patient's case?" asks Dmitriy. —  Pharma Marketing Blog
  • After the same manner also He took the cup, when He had eaten, saying, This cup is the new covenant in my blood: this do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me. —  The Latest Post
  • After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. —  This Is Life!: Revolutions Around the Cruciform Axis
  • After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood; this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me Matt. —  The Great Doctrines of the Bible
  • Fortunately, on the Anchor at the bottom of the cup is a well-formed key. —  Telling Fortunes By Tea Leaves
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Used in the same context Used in the Same Context

bowl ·  bottle ·  mug ·  plate ·  coffee ·  bag ·  milk ·  jar ·  pint ·  bread ·  drink ·  egg

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cup:   cups ·  cupped

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  1. Middle English cuppe, from Old English, from Late Latin cuppa, drinking vessel, perhaps variant of Latin cūpa, tub, cask.

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  1. from Middle English cup, cuppe, also coppe, from Anglo-Saxon cuppe (not *cuppa), Old Northumbrian copp, a cup, = Dutch kop = Middle Low German kop, koppe, Low German kop = Old High German choph, chuph, Middle High German koph, kopf, a cup, = Icelandic koppr = Swedish kopp = Danish kop = Old French cupe, cope, coupe, French coupe (later Middle English also coupe, cowpe: see coup, coupe) = Provencal Spanish Portuguese copa = Italian coppa, coppo, a cup, from Middle Latin copa, coppa, cupa, cuppa, a cup, drinking-vessel, Latin cupa, a tub, cask, tun, vat, etc., = Old Bulgarian cupa, a cup; cf. Greek κύπελλον, a cup, κύπη (a hollow), a kind of ship, γύπη, a hole, Sanskrit kūpa, a pit, well, hollow. The forms have been to some extent confused with those of cop, the head, top (= Dutch kop = German kopf, etc.): see cop.
  2. from cup, n.
 

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