/kʌp/
Translation
A small, round thing you drink from, often with a handle.
Word origin
From Old English cuppe, from Latin cuppa, meaning a small drinking vessel.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- cuppe
Grammar
Examples
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A "cup" is a small thing you drink from.
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"Cups" is the plural, meaning more than one cup.
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A "cup" holds a drink for you.
A cup is a small, round thing you drink from. It often has a handle on the side so you can hold it. People drink tea, coffee, and water from a cup. One is a cup, and more than one are cups.
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Grammar articles
(6)Adjective order in English: opinion, size, age, shape, colour, origin, material, purpose
Articles in English: a, an, the and the zero article
Compound nouns in English: car park, coffee cup, and why GREENhouse is not green HOUSE
Countable and uncountable nouns in English: advice, information, news and the ones you simply have to learn
Ellipsis and substitution in English: I think so, neither do I, and the words you are allowed to leave out
Prepositions in English: place, time and movement explained
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