cups

Noun

• a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle
• the quantity a cup will hold
• any cup-shaped concavity
  • "bees filled the waxen cups with honey"
• a United States liquid unit equal to 8 fluid ounces
• cup-shaped plant organ
• a punch served in a pitcher instead of a punch bowl
• the hole (or metal container in the hole) on a golf green
• a large metal vessel with two handles that is awarded as a trophy to the winner of a competition
  • "the school kept the cups is a special glass case"
• plural of cup
• A suit of the minor arcana in tarot, bearing the symbol of a cup or chalice.

Verb

• form into the shape of a cup
• put into a cup
• treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin
• third-person singular simple present indicative of cup

Synonyms

cup, cupful, loving cup, transfuse