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winecup en · NOUN

Etymology

From wine + cup.

Meanings

1. A vessel from which wine is drunk.
2. (figuratively) The consumption of alcohol; drinking; alcohol as a drink.
   • These are the proudest trophies, the most splendid fruits of the victories of the wine-cup. 1856, Permanent Temperance Documents, New York: American Temperance Society, page 61:
   • He's coming, too, and we both want to mingle our weeps over the wine-cup[.] 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, New York: Doubleday & McClure, published 1899, page v. 62:
3. A poppy mallow (Callirhoe digitata).

Forms

Relateds

wineglass

Translations (15)

cmn 樽 (vessel from which wine is drunk) · ru бока́л (vessel from which wine is drunk) · ota ناجود (vessel from which wine is drunk) · ota پیاله (vessel from which wine is drunk) · fi viinimalja (vessel from which wine is drunk) · pl kielich (vessel from which wine is drunk) · de Weinbecher (vessel from which wine is drunk) · ru ку́бок (vessel from which wine is drunk) · cmn 酒杯 (vessel from which wine is drunk) · cmn 觴 /觞 (vessel from which wine is drunk) · ja 酒杯 (vessel from which wine is drunk) · cmn 酒鍾 /酒钟 (vessel from which wine is drunk) · fi viinipikari (vessel from which wine is drunk) · ru рю́мка (vessel from which wine is drunk) · pl czara (vessel from which wine is drunk)