cocktail glass

noun

: a bell-shaped drinking glass usually having a foot and stem and holding about three ounces (90 milliliters)

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Strain up into a coupe, martini, or cocktail glass, and garnish with a lime wheel, or perhaps nothing at all. Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 11 July 2025 There are Spaghetti Western posters, a pink and red color scheme, cowboy boot cocktail glasses and retro leather chairs. Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025 Investigators recovered a broken cocktail glass and a black straw from the scene and found additional glass on Read's bumper. Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 6 June 2025 The patterns include cocktail glasses, vintage cars and even a lion. Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 8 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for cocktail glass

Word History

First Known Use

1873, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of cocktail glass was in 1873

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“Cocktail glass.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cocktail%20glass. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.

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