cup

1. a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle; "he put the cup back in the saucer"; "the handle of the cup was missing"

2. the quantity a cup will hold; "he drank a cup of coffee"; "he borrowed a cup of sugar"

synset: cup, cupful

3. any cup-shaped concavity; "bees filled the waxen cups with honey"; "he wore a jock strap with a metal cup"; "the cup of her bra"

4. a United States liquid unit equal to 8 fluid ounces

5. cup-shaped plant organ

6. a punch served in a pitcher instead of a punch bowl

7. the hole (or metal container in the hole) on a golf green; "he swore as the ball rimmed the cup and rolled away"; "put the flag back in the cup"

8. a large metal vessel with two handles that is awarded as a trophy to the winner of a competition; "the school kept the cups is a special glass case"

synset: cup, loving_cup

1. form into the shape of a cup; "She cupped her hands"

2. put into a cup; "cup the milk"

3. treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin

synset: cup, transfuse

Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

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