Meaning & Definition of Cup in English

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"

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"

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