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teacup

noun

Definition of teacup

as in cup

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Recent Examples of teacup Teaspoons are placed to the right of the teacup saucer if serving tea or another applicable beverage. — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 19 June 2026 The courses can be tiny, from a teeny teacup of hot chicken broth infused with the aged Alpine echo of Pleasant Ridge Reserve cheese or a squiggly sweet funnel cake dusted with spicebush berry sugar. — Zareen Syed, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2026 Varley videotaped himself keeping Preston awake and then spinning him on a playground teacup at excess speed, according to police. — Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 15 June 2026 Above the minibar are Kemp’s pretty teacups and saucers designed for Wedgewood. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for teacup

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For larger sections of tile, mix 1 cup baking soda with 1/2 cup hydrogen peroxide into a paste.

— BestReviews, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2026
The captain’s chairs are heated, feature LATCH and top-tether anchors, have individual arm rests that fold flush into the seat edge, and have built-in cup holders that flip down from the seat’s inside edge.

— Joel Feder, The Drive, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of cup

Noun

The photographer followed her midday meal with a sky-high afternoon tea at Searcys at The Gherkin, which sits beneath a towering glass dome that caps London’s most famous architectural landmarks.

— Paul Jebara, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Aug. 2026
Police said the suspect broke the store's front door glass and display cases during a smash-and-grab burglary.

— Richard Ramos, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of glass

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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

Definition of goblet

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The Dundon family comprises the entire first two rows of names on the iconic chalice, even though Papa Dundon is the only one who holds a position within the organization.

— Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
O’Connor’s harrowing depictions of the effects of irresistible grace on the willfully self-damned aren’t everyone’s chalice of wine.

— SPIN Team, SPIN, 22 June 2026

Definition of chalice

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