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Meaning of cup | Babel Free

Noun CEFR A2 Frequent
kʌp

Definitions

  1. ISO 639-3 language code for Cupeño
  2. A particular trophy that is a cup; sometimes with the definite article "the".
    informal
  3. A win of a championship that is awarded a cup.
    informal
  4. A concave vessel for drinking, usually made of opaque material (as opposed to a glass) and with a handle.
  5. Initialism of Cambridge University Press.
    abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  6. A concave vessel for drinking, usually made of opaque material (as opposed to a glass) and with a handle
  7. Intoxicated; drunk.
  8. A win of an event comprising part of the championship, which is awarded a cup
    informal
  9. Initialism of Committee of Union and Progress.
    abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  10. The contents of said vessel.
  11. The contents of said vessel
  12. A measure of volume (either liquid or solid) used especially in cooking. 1 cup = 1⁄2 pt, 8 fluid ounces (16 tbsp).
  13. A customary unit of measure
    US
  14. A US unit of liquid measure equal to 8 fluid ounces (¹⁄₁₆ of a US gallon; 236.5882365 mL) or 240 mL.
    US
  15. A customary unit of measure A US unit of liquid measure equal to 8 fluid ounces (⁄16 of a US gallon; 236.5882365 mL) or 240 mL. A Canadian unit of measure equal to 8 imperial ounces (⁄20 imperial gallon; 227.3 mL) or 250 mL. A British unit of measure equal to ⁄2 imperial pint (10 imperial ounces; 284 mL) or 300 mL. A metric unit of measure equal to 250 mL
  16. three cupfuls of water. koppievol مِلء فِنْجان една чаша copos plný šálek eine Tasse voll kopfuld; kop φλιτζάνιtaza tassitäis یک فنجان پر kupillinen tasse כּוֹס מְלֵאָה प्याला भर puna šalica csészényi secangkir penuh bollafylli tazza 茶わん1杯分 한 잔 puodelis pilna tase cawan penuh kopkoppfiliżanka ډکه پیاله copada ceaşcă полная чашка šálka skodelica puna merica kopp ปริมาณหนึ่งถ้วย fincan dolusu 一杯 повна чашка پیال‍ہ بهر chén đầy 一满杯
  17. A Canadian unit of measure equal to 8 imperial ounces (¹⁄₂₀ imperial gallon; 227.3 mL) or 250 mL.
    Canada
  18. A US unit of liquid measure equal to 8 fluid ounces (⁄16 of a US gallon; 236.5882365 mL) or 240 mL
  19. (American ˈcloset) a cabinet of any size up to that of a small room for storing anything. Put the food in the cupboard; a broom cupboard. kas, koskas, kombuiskas خِزانَه долап armário skříň, kredenc der Schrank skab; skabsrum ντουλάπιarmario kapp, panipaik قفسه؛ گنجه kaappi placardארון अलमारी ormarić (fali)szekrény lemari skápur; kompa credenza 食器だな 찬장 spinta, spintelė (trauku) skapis; bufete almari kastskap, kottszafa الماری armário bufet шкаф skriňa omara kredenac skåp ตู้ dolap, büfe 櫥櫃 бу...
    American
  20. A British unit of measure equal to ¹⁄₂ imperial pint (10 imperial ounces; 284 mL) or 300 mL.
    UK, dated
  21. the final match in a football competition in which the prize is a cup. eindstryd مبارة نِهائيّة لِنيْل الكأس финално състезание за купа final da copa finále o pohár das Pokalendspiel pokalfinale τελικός κυπέλλου final de copa karikafinaal بازی فینال loppuottelu finale de la coupe מִשחָק גְמַר גָבִיע फुटबाल खेल में अंतिम मैच finale kupa kupadöntő pertandingan final bikarúrslit, úrslitaleikur í bikarkeppni finale di coppa 決勝戦 결승전 taurės finalinės rungtynės kausa izcīņas finālmačs perlawanan akh...
  22. A metric unit of measure equal to 250 mL.
    Australia, New-Zealand
  23. one of a series of games in a football competition in which the prize is a cup. bekerstryd لُعبَة الكأس мач за купа jogo da taça pohárový zápas das Pokalspiel pokalmatch αγώνας κυπέλλου partido de copa karikavõistlus بازی های جام قهرمانی فوتبال cup-ottelu match de coupe מִשחָק גָבִיע दो टीमों के बीच मैच जिसमें पुरस्कार के तौर पर कप रखा गया हो utakmica kupa kupamérkőzés perebutan piala bikarleikur, leikur í bikarkeppni partita di fase eliminatoria 優勝杯争奪戦 우승배 쟁탈전 taurės rungtynės kausa izcīņa p...
  24. A trophy in the shape of an oversized cup.
  25. the sort of thing one likes or prefers. Classical music is not my cup of tea. waarvan iemand hou شيء مُفَضَّل не ми е по вкуса o (seu) estilo gusto nach jemands Geschmack ens kop te; ens favorit του γούστου μου preferencia, santo de la devoción de uno (kellelegi) mokkamööda محبوب؛ دلخواه suosikki au goût de qqn לֹא לְטַעֲמִי बस की चीज nešto što netko voli vkinek az esete pilihan fyrir smekk e-s piatto preferito 好きなもの 취미, 기호에 맏는 것 pomėgis kāda gaumē minat iets voor mij det en helst vil/liker, ...
  26. A contest for which a cup is awarded.
  27. The main knockout tournament in a country, organised alongside the league.
  28. copa; ventosa;optic ___ → ___ de ojo, ___ ocular;
  29. A cup-shaped object placed in the target hole.
  30. A small open container, usually with a flat bottom and a handle, used for drinking.
  31. A container in which dice are held and shaken before being thrown.
  32. Abbr. c. A unit of capacity or volume equal to 16 tablespoons or 8 fluid ounces (237 milliliters). See Table at measurement.
  33. Any of various sweetened alcoholic drinks.
    in-compounds
  34. A rigid concave protective covering for the male genitalia.
    Canada, US
  35. One of the two parts of a brassiere which each cover a breast.
  36. Prefixed with a letter, used as a measurement of bra or breast size.
  37. The symbol ∪ denoting union and similar operations.
  38. A suit of the minor arcana in tarot, or one of the cards from the suit.
  39. A defensive style characterized by a three player near defense cupping the thrower; or those three players.
  40. A flexible concave membrane used to temporarily attach a handle or hook to a flat surface by means of suction.
  41. Anything shaped like a cup.
  42. A cupping glass or other vessel or instrument used to produce the vacuum in cupping.
    historical
  43. That which is to be received or indured; that which is allotted to one; a portion of blessings and afflictions.
    figuratively

Equivalents

Afrikaans koppie
Azərbaycanca fincan kubok
Беларуская кубак
Български ку́па чаша
বাংলা পেয়ালা
བོད་སྐད ཕོར་པ
Català cassoleta copa tassa
Cymraeg cwpan
Dansk kop pokal skål
Esperanto pokalo taso
Español copa coquilla taza vaso
Eesti tass
Euskara kikara
Français bonnet cloche Coquille coupe cup tasse
Gaeilge corn cupán
Gàidhlig copan cupa
Galego copa cunca
עברית גביע כוס ספל
Magyar bajnokság csésze kosár kupa
Հայերեն բաժակ գավաթ
Bahasa Indonesia cangkir
Íslenska bikar bolli
ქართული ფინჯანი
Қазақша аяқ кубок
ខ្មែរ ពែង
한국어 고뿌
Lëtzebuergesch Taass
ລາວ ຈອກ
Lietuvių puodelis puodukas taure
Latviešu kauss tase
Te Reo Māori ipu kapu
Македонски куп пехар филџан чаша шолја
Монгол аяга
Bahasa Melayu cangkir cawan piala
Malti kikkra
မြန်မာဘာသာ ခွက်
Nederlands beker bekertoernooi kop kopje tas toque
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਪਿਆਲਾ
پښتو جام
Português chávena copa copo coquilha taça xícara
Română ceașcă cupă
Slovenčina hrnček Košík pohár šálka
Slovenščina skodelica
Soomaali koob
Shqip filxhan
Svenska cup hålla kopp kupa pokal turnering
Kiswahili kikombe kombe
தமிழ் கோப்பை
ไทย ถ้วย
ትግርኛ ዋንጫ
Tagalog tasa
Türkçe fincan kase kupa
Українська кубок чашечка чашка
Tiếng Việt chèn cốc cúp ly tách

Examples

“Pour the tea into the cup.”
“I drank two cups of water but still felt thirsty.”
“In Starbucks’s case, the firm has in effect turned the process of making an expensive cup of coffee into intellectual property.”
“The World Cup is awarded to the winner of a quadrennial football tournament.”
“Of all the queer collections of humans outside of a crazy asylum, it seemed to me this sanitarium was the cup winner. […] When you're well enough off so's you don't have to fret about anything but your heft or your diseases you begin to get queer, I suppose.”
“The World Cup is the world's most widely watched sporting event.”
“Until it was disbanded in 1999, the European Cup-Winners Cup was contested annually by the winners of Europe's national cups.”
“Wallace had the unique distinction of being the only player ever to play in the English, Welsh and Scottish Cups in the same season.”
“One week earlier, they had lost 5-2 to Borussia Dortmund in the DFB-Pokal [the German cup] final in Berlin.”
“The ball just misses the cup.”
“cider cup”
“gin cup”
“claret cup”
“Players of contact sports are advised to wear a cup.”
“Boys, I thought I told you to let the store tell you what cup size you needed.”
“The cups are made of a particularly uncomfortable material.”
“"For cleavage to show up in these photos, a girl has to have C-cup breasts — at least that's what they told me once."”
“the cup of an acorn”
“The cowslip's golden cup no more I see.”
“Even if the parts are thicknessed by machine, check for and plane out any cup with a bench plane.”
“O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me.”

CEFR level

A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
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