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Mug

A mug is a type of cup, a drinking vessel usually intended for hot drinks such as coffee, hot chocolate, or tea. Mugs have handles and usually hold a larger amount of fluid than other types of cups such as teacups or coffee cups. Typically, a mug holds approximately 250–350 ml (8–12 US fl oz) of liquid. A mug-shaped vessel much larger than this tends to…

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Mug

Nodes89
Edges88
Triples132
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.022472
Components1

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Mug

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related to Sources · 18
Mug → Anna, Anthropological Linguistics, Australian Journal, Church Fathers, Cups, Ethnoscience Tradition, Informa UK Limited, ISBN, ISSN, Kronenfeld, Lexicography, Linguistics, Oxford Studies, Oxford University Press, Plastic Glasses, Retrieved, Semantic Extension From, Wierzbicka
related to Beer stein · 12
Mug → Beer, English, German, Germany, Humpen, Krug, Many, Modern, Seidel, Stein, Stien, The
related to Decoration · 11
Mug → After, Another, As, Carving, Ceramic, Deforming, However, The, Then, This, When
related to Victor coffee mug · 9
Mug → American, By, Demand, During World War II, Many, The, United States Navy, Victor, Victor Insulators
related to Difference from cups · 8
Mug → English, French, German, Italian, Many, Polish, Russian, Translator Anna Wierzbicka
related to Shaving mugs and scuttles · 8
Mug → As, At, Both, Later, Modern, Shaving, Some, Traditionally
related to Early mugs · 7
Mug → BC, For, Greece, It, The, Though, Wooden
related to Tiki mugs · 6
Mug → Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia, The, Tiki, Usually
is a · 5
Mug → less formal style of drink container and is not usually used in formal place settings, mug designed for use as a practical joke, mug which has some trick preventing normal operation, soap holder, type of cup
related to General design and functions · 5
Mug → Finally, For, Much, The, These

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mugs used usually hot use handle made shaving coffee beer often cups cup one drinking called metal typically victor porcelain

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Mugis atype of cup0.90text
Mugis aless formal style of drink container and is not usually used in formal place settings0.90text
Mugis amug designed for use as a practical joke0.90text
Mugis amug which has some trick preventing normal operation0.90text
Mugis asoap holder0.90text
coffeeinstance ofa drinking vessel usually intended for hot drinks0.80text
hot chocolateinstance ofa drinking vessel usually intended for hot drinks0.80text
or teainstance ofa drinking vessel usually intended for hot drinks0.80text
teacups or coffee cupsinstance ofMugs have handles and usually hold a larger amount of fluid than other types of cups0.80text
bone chinainstance ofwhile most modern ones are made of pottery materials0.80text
earthenwareinstance ofwhile most modern ones are made of pottery materials0.80text
porcelaininstance ofwhile most modern ones are made of pottery materials0.80text

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