Definition of cup

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Cup (n.) Anything shaped like a cup; as, the cup of an acorn, or of a flower..

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Acetabulum :: Acetabulum (n.) The bony cup which receives the head of the thigh bone.
Mug :: Mug (n.) A kind of earthen or metal drinking cup, with a handle, -- usually cylindrical and without a lip..
Leafcup :: Leafcup (n.) A coarse American composite weed (Polymnia Uvedalia).
Encamp :: Encamp (v. i.) To form and occupy a camp; to prepare and settle in temporary habitations, as tents or huts; to halt on a march, pitch tents, or form huts, and remain for the night or for a longer time, as an army or a company traveling..
Echidna :: Echidna (n.) A genus of Monotremata found in Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea. They are toothless and covered with spines; -- called also porcupine ant-eater, and Australian ant-eater..
Bonnet :: Bonnet (n.) A roofing over the cage of a mine, to protect its occupants from objects falling down the shaft..
Engagement :: Engagement (n.) The act of engaging, pledging, enlisting, occupying, or entering into contest..
Dislocation :: Dislocation (n.) The displacement of parts of rocks or portions of strata from the situation which they originally occupied. Slips, faults, and the like, are dislocations..
Study :: Study (v. i.) Mental occupation; absorbed or thoughtful attention; meditation; contemplation.
Can :: Can (n.) A drinking cup; a vessel for holding liquids.
Nipperkin :: Nipperkin (n.) A small cup.
Urson :: Urson (n.) The Canada porcupine. See Porcupine.
Doop :: Doop (n.) A little copper cup in which a diamond is held while being cut.
Vis-a-vis :: Vis-a-vis (n.) A carriage in which two persons sit face to face. Also, a form of sofa with seats for two persons, so arranged that the occupants are face to face while sitting on opposite sides..
Gunsmith :: Gunsmith (n.) One whose occupation is to make or repair small firearms; an armorer.
Angiocarpous :: Angiocarpous (a.) Having fruit inclosed within a covering that does not form a part of itself; as, the filbert covered by its husk, or the acorn seated in its cupule..
Site :: Site (n.) A place fitted or chosen for any certain permanent use or occupation; as, a site for a church..
Cyatholith :: Cyatholith (n.) A kind of coccolith, which in shape resembles a minute cup widened at the top, and varies in size from / to / of an inch..
Throng :: Throng (a.) Thronged; crowded; also, much occupied; busy..
Backsight :: Backsight (n.) The reading of the leveling staff in its unchanged position when the leveling instrument has been taken to a new position; a sight directed backwards to a station previously occupied. Cf. Foresight, n., 3..
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