Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small cup used with a saucer for serving tea.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A cup in which tea is served.
- noun A teacupful: as, a tea-cup of flour.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A small cup from which to drink tea.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a small
cup , with ahandle , used fordrinking tea ; normally sits in asaucer as part of atea set - noun a unit of
measure ; ateacupful
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun as much as a teacup will hold
- noun a cup from which tea is drunk
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Examples
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All of your photos are beautiful, but the one in teacup is exceptional.
bostini cream pie with the daring bakers myriam 2007
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Meanwhile, today's teacup is one sent to me by stwish, made by his friends at Earthbound Arts (I also have a mermaid and a faerie queene -- ornaments -- from there, and both are lovely) And today's tea is the last of the crepe faire from Stash -- the last crepe faire ever, I suspect, as they've discontinued the flavor.
and the prison priests are decent. my attorney seems sincere. stwish 2009
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Today's teacup is Paraphilias Involving Bunnies, which I have had since just before college.
they'll never want to see a rake or a plow, and who the deuce can parley-vous a cow? buymeaclue 2009
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The carafe was drunk from similarly, as well as the porcelain teacup and the indelicate glass of wine.
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So pretty, Myriam ... the presentation in the colorful teacup is wonderful ... love that look!
i am back & a mushroom ricotta tart myriam 2007
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This Kabuki-styled doll approaches surprised guests with a full teacup on a tray; it stops walking when the teacup is taken, waits quietly, bows, then slowly turns around, smoothly scooting away with the empty teacup on its tray ...
- Boing Boing 2005
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When a fragile teacup is broken, the shopkeeper gives it and a matching saucer to Petie.
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Media inflate into full scale storm in teacup, harking back to miner’s strike, which was an entirely different kettle of fish.
The Vapour State « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008
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This tempest in a teacup is just one of the front lines of the Left’s war on anything Bush-related.
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This tempest in a teacup is just one of the front lines of the Left’s war on anything Bush-related. pimp hand strikes!
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