COFFEE CUP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does coffee cup mean? 

• COFFEE CUP (noun)
  The noun COFFEE CUP has 1 sense:

1. a cup from which coffee is drunk

  Familiarity information: COFFEE CUP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COFFEE CUP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A cup from which coffee is drunk

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("coffee cup" is a kind of...):

cup (a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle)

Meronyms (parts of "coffee cup"):

grip; handgrip; handle; hold (the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "coffee cup"):

demitasse (small coffee cup; for serving black coffee)

 Context examples 

She was a little revived, however, by his bringing back his coffee cup himself; and she seized the opportunity of saying: Is your sister at Pemberley still?

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

Swallowing small amounts (less than a coffee cup) causes upset stomach, vomiting, and diarrhea, but is unlikely to have long-lasting health effects.

(Oil Spills, NIH)

"You look like Balzac's 'Femme Peinte Par Elle-Meme'," he said, as he fanned her with one hand and held her coffee cup in the other.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)