cup
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle
he put the cup back in the saucer
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- cup derivation
Sense 2 verb
form into the shape of a cup
She cupped her hands
Types & categories
- shape hypernym
Sense 3 noun
the quantity a cup will hold
he drank a cup of coffee
Types & categories
- containerful hypernym
Related & opposite
- cup derivation
Sense 4 verb
put into a cup
cup the milk
Types & categories
- put in hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
any cup-shaped concavity
bees filled the waxen cups with honey
Types & categories
- incurvation hypernym
Sense 6 verb
treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin
Types & categories
- treat hypernym
Related & opposite
- cupping derivation
- practice of medicine domain topic
Sense 7 noun
a United States liquid unit equal to 8 fluid ounces
Types & categories
- United States liquid unit hypernym
Parts & wholes
Sense 8 noun
cup-shaped plant organ
Types & categories
- plant organ hypernym
- cupule hyponym
Sense 9 noun
a punch served in a pitcher instead of a punch bowl
Types & categories
- punch hypernym
- champagne cup hyponym
- claret cup hyponym
Sense 10 noun
the hole (or metal container in the hole) on a golf green
he swore as the ball rimmed the cup and rolled away
Types & categories
- hole hypernym
Sense 11 noun
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
Types & categories
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | cup |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | container |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | crockery |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | beaker |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | chalice |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | coffee cup |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Dixie cup |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | grace cup |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | kylix |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | mustache cup |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | scyphus |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | teacup |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | shape |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | cup |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | containerful |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | cup |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | cupful |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | put in |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | incurvation |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | cupping |
| 6 | domain topic | Related & opposite | practice of medicine |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | treat |
| 7 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | pint |
| 7 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | gill |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | United States liquid unit |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | plant organ |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | cupule |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | punch |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | champagne cup |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | claret cup |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | hole |
| 11 | hypernym | Types & categories | trophy |
| 11 | hyponym | Types & categories | Davis Cup |