Noun

(en noun)

A room or area for preparing food.

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, title=(The China Governess) , chapter=Foreword citation , passage=Everything a living animal could do to destroy and to desecrate bed and walls had been done. […]  A canister of flour from the kitchen had been thrown at the looking-glass and lay like trampled snow over the remains of a decent blue suit with the lining ripped out which lay on top of the ruin of a plastic wardrobe.}}

An admixture of languages spoken to convey meaning between non-native speakers.

* 1885 , , (w, King Solomon's Mines) ,

Sir Henry and Umbopo sat conversing in a mixture of broken English and kitchen Zulu, in low voices, but earnestly enough.

(African American Vernacular English) The nape of a person's hairline, often referring to its uncombed or "nappy" look.

Cuisine.

(music) The percussion section of an orchestra.

* 1981 , Norman Del Mar, Anatomy of the Orchestra ,

For obvious reasons the percussion is normally arranged along the back of the platform, whether centrally or to one side, and sometimes also in two tiers, the heavy, noisier instruments behind, and the pitched, agile instruments such as vibraphone, marimba, etc. in front. An outstanding exception, however, exists in Roberto Gerhard's Epithalamion where the composer expressly desired that the all-important kitchen department be spread out in front of the strings and hence nearest the audience.

(dated) A utensil for roasting meat.

a tin kitchen

Noun

(en noun)

A concave vessel for drinking from, usually made of opaque material (as opposed to a glass) and with a handle.

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A US unit of liquid measure equal to 8 fluid ounces, 1/16 of a US gallon, or 236.5882365 ml.

A trophy in the shape of an oversized cup.

* , chapter=5

, title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=Of all the queer collections of humans outside of a crazy asylum, it seemed to me this sanitarium was the cup winner.

A contest for which a cup is awarded.

(golf) A cup-shaped object placed in the target hole.

(US) A rigid concave protective covering for the male genitalia. (for UK usage see box)

One of the two parts of a brassiere which each cover a breast, used as a measurement of size.

(mathematics) The symbol $\backslash cup$ denoting union and similar operations (confer cap).

A suit of the minor arcana in tarot, or one of the cards from the suit.

(ultimate frisbee) A defensive style characterized by a three player near defense cupping'' the thrower; ''or those three players.

A flexible concave membrane used to temporarily attach a handle or hook to a flat surface by means of suction (suction cup).

Anything shaped like a cup.

the cup of an acorn

* Shenstone

The cowslip's golden cup no more I see.

(medicine, historical) A cupping glass or other vessel or instrument used to produce the vacuum in cupping.

That which is to be received or indured; that which is allotted to one; a portion.

* Bible, Matthew xxvi. 39

O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me.