Thesaurus results for STEIN

stein

noun

Definition of stein

as in tankard

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Recent Examples of stein Enjoy it with a stein of German beer. — Usa Today Network, USA Today, 11 Feb. 2026 Humans can enter a stein-holding contest, while canines can compete in a pup cup-holding challenge. — Meena Thiruvengadam, Travel + Leisure, 3 Oct. 2025 Oktoberfest festivals are back in full swing, bringing steins, sausages and lederhosen to venues from midtown Sacramento to the Sierra foothills. — Marcus Smith, Sacbee.com, 26 Sep. 2025 The popular beer-stein holding contests — with divisions for both men and women — will be back, and there’ll also be a contest to see who wears the best dirndl and lederhosen. — Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for stein

Recent Examples of Synonyms for stein

Noun

Participants can take part in the town’s stein hoisting contest to see who can hold a full tankard of beer the longest.

— Erika Ebsworth-Goold, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2025
Mockrin references the tankard by painting the Sabine women in a color palette mimicking marble statuary or ivory carvings.

— Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025

Definition of tankard

Noun

Usher sweeps through the crowd, his security looking exasperated, with a goblet of cherries, trawling for women.

— Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2026
Fort Worth’s streets were lined with restaurants serving brisket, ribs, sausage and cold beer in frosted goblets.

— Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Aug. 2026