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Cup

A cup is a small container used to hold liquids for drinking, typically with a flattened hemispherical shape and an open "mouth", and often with a capacity of about 6–16 US fluid ounces (177–473 ml). Cups may be made of pottery (including porcelain), glass, metal, wood, stone, polystyrene, plastic, lacquerware, or other materials. Normally, a cup is…

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Cup

Nodes223
Edges222
Triples216
Avg. degree1.99
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related to Sources · 53
Cup → Allan, Anna, Anthropological Linguistics, Australian Journal, Bevis, Britain, British Museum Press, Burn, Church Fathers, Companion, Cups, Decorative Arts, Dynamics, England, Ethnoscience Tradition, Europe, Greek, Illustrated, Informa UK Limited, ISBN
related to Gallery · 32
Cup → Adolf Flad, Ankara, Archaeological Museum, ArtArt Nouveau, ArtFrench, ArtNeoclassical, Arts Museum, BC, BC-4th Century AD, Berlin, Boston, Bröhan Museum, Central Turkey, Cleveland Museum, Crete, England, Erimtan Archaeology, Fine Arts, Germany, Greece
related to history · 16
Cup → BC, Bronze Age, Bronze Age Indus Valley, Civilization, Cups, England, European Bronze Age, Hove, Large, Probably, Rillaton Gold Cup, South Asia, Stone Age, The Bell Beaker, The Ringlemere Cup, Very
related to Court culture · 14
Cup → Berry, Bible, Charles VI, Duke, France, French, Historically, In, It, John, Joseph, Pharaoh's, The Royal Gold Cup, To
related to Definitions · 10
Cup → AD, American English, Anna Wierzbicka, Any, As, Names, Penelope Stock, The, The English, Twelve-year-olds
related to Religion · 8
Cup → Ancient Greek, Chinese, Greek, Libations, Practices, Roman, Some, The
related to Sports · 8
Cup → Early, FIFA World Cup, For, In, Many, Owing, Stanley Cup, The
related to For alcoholic beverages · 7
Cup → Beer, Fashioned, Shot, Some, The, There, Wine
related to Medicine · 7
Cup → Antimonial, Coconut, Cupping, Europe, If, In, Western
is a · 5
Cup → exceptionally rare survival, rare English secular survival, significant step on a baby's path to becoming a toddler, small container used to hold liquids for drinking, solid gold cup

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cups used drinking glass shapes often many shape porcelain pottery also may metal ancient made different coffee wine found materials

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Cupis asmall container used to hold liquids for drinking0.90text
Cupis arare English secular survival0.90text
Cupis asolid gold cup0.90text
Cupis aexceptionally rare survival0.90text
Cupis asignificant step on a baby's path to becoming a toddler0.90text
jugsinstance ofdistinguishing it from other tableware and drinkware forms0.80text
archaeology than in modern common speechinstance ofand is likely to be wider in specialist areas0.80text
the Fenton Vaseinstance ofMaya elites drank from elaborately painted pottery beakers0.80text
Princeton Maya Vase with God L.In what is now the south-eastern USinstance ofMaya elites drank from elaborately painted pottery beakers0.80text
traces of Yaupon tea containing caffeine have been found in pottery cups of an unusual shapeinstance ofMaya elites drank from elaborately painted pottery beakers0.80text
processed bamboo have also come into use.The Rillaton gold cupinstance ofMaterials0.80text
Cornwallinstance ofMaterials0.80text

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