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cup   (TTS Sound)

The noun cup has 8 senses

• cup -- (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")


• cup, cupful -- (the quantity a cup will hold; "he drank a cup of coffee"; "he borrowed a cup of sugar")


• cup -- (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")


• cup -- (a United States liquid unit equal to 8 fluid ounces)


• cup -- (cup-shaped plant organ)


• cup -- (a punch served in a pitcher instead of a punch bowl)


• cup -- (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")


• cup, loving cup -- (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")

The verb cup has 3 senses

• cup -- (form into the shape of a cup; "She cupped her hands")


• cup -- (put into a cup; "cup the milk")


• cup, transfuse -- (treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin)