Preposition: of

• cream: Butter 1 teacup of cream - slightly soured 3oz.

• milk: Put into a large pan 2 lb of granulated sugar and 3 teacups of Milk or Cream.

Converse of object

• throw: Let's just say he had a way of getting you to respond without throwing teacups around.

• fly: It was just me, strapped to a chair in the middle of nowhere, inside a flying teacup.

Adjective modifier

• small: A minimum tank size for even small Teacup sized rays would ideally be 75 gallons.

• giant: Take a ride in a giant teacup in Alice's Wonderland.

• little: The individual petals of the blooms are packed so tightly that they look like little teacups.

• large: We've got six brilliantly scarlet flowers on the poppy, each the size of a large teacup.

Modifies a noun

• ride: As the cup spins toward us it replicates the movement of the real teacup ride at Alton towers.

Noun used with modifier

• china: In the board room of British Caves Limited, the bright sunshine falls on bone china teacups and polished mahogany.

• porcelain: From 11:20 ( min:sec ): Leach at the wheel in his studio, making a porcelain teacup.

• shape: The Spode pattern books first record Flower Embossed shape with pattern number 1909 on a Bute shape teacup.

• bone: In the board room of British Caves Limited, the bright sunshine falls on bone china teacups and polished mahogany.