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LOVING CUP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does loving cup mean? 

LOVING CUP (noun)
  The noun LOVING CUP has 2 senses:

1. a large drinking vessel (usually with two handles) that people drink out of in turn at a banquetplay

2. a large metal vessel with two handles that is awarded as a trophy to the winner of a competitionplay

  Familiarity information: LOVING CUP used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LOVING CUP (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A large drinking vessel (usually with two handles) that people drink out of in turn at a banquet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

drinking vessel (a vessel intended for drinking)


Sense 2

Meaning:

A large metal vessel with two handles that is awarded as a trophy to the winner of a competition

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

cup; loving cup

Context example:

the school kept the cups is a special glass case

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

prize; trophy (something given as a token of victory)

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

Davis Cup (cup awarded for the annual international team tennis competition)


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