Définition "cup" dans le dictionnaire Collins English Dictionary & Thesaurus

cup n

1 a small open container, usually having one handle, used for drinking from

2 the contents of such a container
that cup was too sweet

3 (Also called) teacup, cupful a unit of capacity used in cooking equal to approximately half a pint, 8 fluid ounces, or about one quarter of a litre

4 something resembling a cup in shape or function, such as the flower base of some plants of the rose family or a cuplike bodily organ

5 either of two cup-shaped parts of a brassiere, designed to support the breasts

6 a cup-shaped trophy awarded as a prize

7 (Brit)

a a sporting contest in which a cup is awarded to the winner

b (as modifier)
a cup competition

8 a mixed drink with one ingredient as a base, usually served from a bowl
claret cup

9 (Golf) the hole or metal container in the hole on a green

10 the chalice or the consecrated wine used in the Eucharist

11 one's lot in life

12 ♦ in one's cups drunk

13 ♦ one's cup of tea
Informal one's chosen or preferred thing, task, company, etc.
she's not my cup of tea
vb , cups, cupping, cupped tr

14 to form (something, such as the hands) into the shape of a cup

15 to put into or as if into a cup

16 to draw blood to the surface of the body of (a person) by using a cupping glass
(Old English cuppe, from Late Latin cuppa cup, alteration of Latin cupa cask)
♦ cuplike adj