cup of tea
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cup, tea. A cup or mug with tea in it.
Would you be a dear and get me a cup of tea, please?
cup
UK /kʌp/ US /kʌp/
noun 7verb 5name 3
Definitions
noun
1
A concave vessel for drinking, usually made of opaque material (as opposed to a glass) and with a handle.
Pour the tea into the cup.
2
The contents of said vessel.
I drank two cups of water but still felt thirsty.
In Starbucks’s case, the firm has in effect turned the process of making an expensive cup of coffee into intellectual property.
3
A customary unit of measure
4
A customary unit of measure
5
A customary unit of measure
verb
1
To form into the shape of a cup, particularly of the hands.
Cup your hands and I'll pour some rice into them.
2
To hold something in cupped hands.
He cupped the ball carefully in his hands.
3
To pour (a liquid, drink, etc.) into a cup.
We are cupping some new brands of coffee today.
4
To supply with cups of wine.
Cup us, till the world go round.
5
To apply a cup or cupping apparatus to; to subject to the operation of cupping.
name
1
Initialism of Cambridge University Press.
2
Initialism of Committee of Union and Progress.
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