teacup
teacup
Definition
tea·cup (tē′kup′)
noun
- a cup for drinking tea, etc.
- teacupful
teacup
Synonyms
teacup
Usage Examples
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.
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