[countable] a small container that is like a bowl in shape, usually with a handle, used for drinking tea, coffee, etc. He filled the cup with water.

What does the noun cup mean? There are 19 meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun cup. See 'Meaning & use' for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

a small container shaped like a bowl, usually with a handle, used for drinking tea, coffee, etc. a teacup a coffee cup a cup and saucer a paper cup

The earliest known use of the noun cup-gall is in the mid 1700s. OED's only evidence for cup-gall is from 1753, in Chambers's Cyclopædia.

cup-flower, n. meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary.

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun cup-glass. See 'Meaning & use' for definition, usage, and quotation evidence. This word is now obsolete.

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