- cup
- 1
for drinking
[countable]a small round container, usually with a handle, that you use to drink tea, coffee etc [↪ saucer]: - Mathew picked up the cup and sipped his coffee.
- She put her cup and saucer down on the table.
- tea/coffee cup
- Helen took the coffee cups into the kitchen.
- paper/plastic/china etc cup
- They drank cheap wine from plastic cups.
- 2
drink
[countable]the liquid contained inside a cup - cup of
- Let's go and have a cup of coffee.
- Will you stay for a cup of tea?
- Would you like another cup?
- 3
amount of liquid/food
[countable] - a)
a unit used in the US for measuring food or liquid in cooking, equal to eightfluid ounces or 237 millilitres : - Mix the butter with 1 cup of powdered sugar until light and fluffy.
- b) also cupful
the amount of liquid or food that a cup can hold : - Breakfast consisted of half a cup of milk and a dry biscuit.
- 4
sport competition
- a) [countable]
a specially shaped silver container, often with two handles, that is given as a prize in a competition, especially a sports competition : - The president of the club came to present the cup to the winners.
- b) [singular]
a sports competition in which a cup is given as a prize : - They've won the European Cup twice.
- Germany's World Cup team
- 5
round thing
[countable]something round and hollow that is shaped like a cup : - The flowers' white petals contrast handsomely with their lemon-yellow cups.
- acorn cups
- cup of
- She held it in the cup of her hand.
- 6
golf
[countable] American Englisha hole in the ground that you have to try to hit the ball into in the game of golf - 7
clothing
[countable] - a)
the part of a bra that covers a woman's breast - b) American English
a jockstrap - 8
alcohol
[uncountable and countable] British Englisha mixed alcoholic drink : - He's gone to get me some fruit cup.
- 9
not be your cup of tea
spokento not be the type of thing that you like : - Jazz just isn't my cup of tea - I prefer classical music.
- 10
in your cups
British English old-fashioneddrunk, or when drunk : - By the time Anthony arrived, Richard was already deep in his cups.
- ➔ eggcup
- Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
- Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
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