Collocations for "cup"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "cup" in context.
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cup
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a cup of [coffee, tea]
- [need, have, drink, make] a cup of [coffee]
- my morning cup of [coffee]
- [two] cups of [flour, sugar, wine]
- have had [five] cups [today, already]
- can you hand me a (clean) cup?
- fill your cup with [coffee, tea, water, juice]
- [spilled, dropped] her cup of coffee
- slang: a (good, hot) cup of joe
- a cup and saucer
- a set of [coffee, tea] cups
- [plastic, china, glass, porcelain] cups
- in a [paper, Styrofoam®] cup
- can you hold my cup for a [second, minute]?
- a suction cup
- sports: the [Championship, World, Davis] Cup
- the [2006] (championship) cup
- (the team) [won, retained] the cup
- clothing: wears a [B, C] cup
- a cup holder (in the car)
- cup sizes
- cup your eyes
- cup your hands (to drink)
- cupped her face (and kissed her)
- cupped her face in his hands
- cupped his ear to [listen, hear]
- cupped it gently (in her hand)
- sexually explicit: (his hand) cupped her breast
'cup' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Britain
- Canada
- European
- Ireland
- Japan
- Spain
- afternoon
- armchair
- awake
- baker
- basil
- bid
- bliss
- butter
- café
- chocolate
- coffee
- customary
- demanding
- do
- drink
- drop
- egg
- enamel
- final
- flake
- flour
- holder
- host
- house
- how
- infrastructure
- instant
- lip
- lipstick
- mark
- mat
- muffin
- nut
- oatmeal
- oil
- olive
- pasta
- piece
- please
- quarter
- refill
- relaxing
- replace
- rim