teacup

«teacup» in Mova's school dictionary: a cup used for drinking tea, often with a handle and a… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a teacup, teacups)

meaning for a pupil

1) A teacup is a cup used for drinking tea, often with a handle and a saucer. tree →

2) A teacup can also be the amount a teacup holds, used in old recipes. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life teacups appear at tea parties and at Gran's house. In stories teacups show politeness and old-fashioned homes. The phrase «a storm in a teacup» (UK; US «a tempest in a teapot») means a lot of fuss about something small. Phrases: a teacup and saucer, a storm in a teacup.

examples

• Gran poured the tea into her best teacups. tree →
• I broke a teacup when I was washing up. tree →
• We had a teddy bears' tea party with tiny teacups. tree →
• Add one teacup of flour. tree →
• Their argument was just a storm in a teacup. tree →
• The teacup had a pattern of roses. tree →

note

One word: teacup. Countable. In old recipes a teacup is a rough measure, not exact. Not the same as a mug (bigger, no saucer).

In the corpora

• The first witness is the Hatter, still holding his teacup and bread-and-butter.
• The Hatter is so nervous he bites a piece out of his teacup.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «teacup» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.