cup/glass
see also DRINK
- the general word for all cups, plates and dishes: crockery (noun U)
- the amount of liquid in a cup/mug/glass: cup/mug/glass (of sth)
All I've drunk today is one cup of tea. ◎ Another glass of wine?
- the amount (of anything) that a cup/mug/glass can hold: cupful/mugful/glassful
Add a cupful of milk to the mixture and stir. ◎ two cupfuls of flour
- to take liquid from a cup, glass, etc into your mouth: drink* (sth)
- to put liquid into a cup, glass, etc from a jug, bottle, etc, to serve sb: pour sth (for sb), pour sb sth
Shall I pour the tea? ◎ She poured him a glass of beer.
- to put liquid into a cup, glass, etc almost up to the top: fill sth (up)
Your glass is almost empty. Shall I fill it up?
- if a cup, etc is filled right to the top edge, it is full to the brim
- to pour sth out of a container by accident: spill sth
I spilt coffee all over the carpet.
- if a cup, glass, etc has a small piece broken off the rim, it is chipped
- if a cup, glass, etc is broken so that you can see a thin line, but it has not broken into pieces, it is cracked
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