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  • 1cup of tea — n. Informal 1. a favorite or well suited thing, activity, etc. [golf isn t his cup of tea] 2. a thing to be taken into consideration or account; matter: used esp. in the phrase a different cup of tea …

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  • 2cup mark — noun A cup shaped hollow made by prehistoric man on rocks, standing stones, etc • • • Main Entry: ↑cup …

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  • 3cup of assay — (historical) A small cup for trial tasting before offering to a dignitary, etc • • • Main Entry: ↑assay …

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  • 4cup — cuplike, adj. /kup/, n., v., cupped, cupping. n. 1. a small, open container made of china, glass, metal, etc., usually having a handle and used chiefly as a receptable from which to drink tea, soup, etc. 2. the bowllike part of a goblet or the… …

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  • 5ETC Cup — World Touring Car Championship La Chevrolet Lacetti S2000 WTCC 2006 de Nicola Larini Le World Touring Car Championship (WTCC), championnat du monde de voitures de tourisme, est l un des trois championnats du monde approuvé par la FIA, avec la… …

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  • 6cup — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 container ADJECTIVE ▪ empty ▪ full ▪ half empty, half full ▪ broken, chipped, cracked …

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  • 7cup — cup1 W1S1 [kʌp] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(for drinking)¦ 2¦(drink)¦ 3¦(amount of liquid/food)¦ 4¦(sport competition)¦ 5¦(round thing)¦ 6¦(golf)¦ 7¦(clothing)¦ 8¦(alcohol)¦ 9 not be your cup of tea 10 in your cups …

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  • 8cup — [[t]kʌp[/t]] n. v. cupped, cup•ping 1) a small, open container made of china, glass, metal, etc., usu. with a handle, used chiefly as a drinking vessel for hot beverages 2) cer the bowllike part of a goblet or the like 3) a cup with its contents… …

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  • 9Cup (unit) — A simple plastic measuring cup, capable of holding the volume one cup. The cup is a customary unit of measurement for volume, used in cooking to measure liquids (fluid measurement) and bulk foods such as granulated sugar (dry measurement). This… …

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  • 10Cup holder — This article is about vehicle and auditorium cup holders. For other uses, see Cup holder (disambiguation). A cup holder is a device to hold a cup or other drinking vessel. It is a fixture in automobiles, trains, and other vehicles, as well as in… …

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