Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Shaped like a cup.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective shaped like a cup.
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Examples
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Also, the pops have cup-shaped popsicle sticks that will catch drips.
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Normally this is a small cup-shaped structure that remains hidden deep inside the flower and holds the petals, sepals, stamens and carpe.
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Sajjad Hussain/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images A girl in Mumbai got a three-dimensional cup-shaped hairdo ahead of the World Cup's opening ceremony.
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The condition that Kelly, Byrd and Philippon most often must correct is impingement, in which the femoral head—the ball of bone at the end of the femur— doesn't rotate smoothly inside the pelvis's cup-shaped socket, either because the ball is already misshapen or because bone spurs have grown on it.
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Cricket fans across the subcontinent are gearing up for the tournament too - whether its with face paint, cup-shaped hairdos or special prayers.
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You might argue that it's based on a developmental optimum, that this was the easiest, simplest way to turn a light-sensitive patch into a cup-shaped retina.
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Any deviation from this will end up being ruffly or cup-shaped.
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Their cup-shaped branches swayed and creaked in rhythm with sounds of odd chortles and burbles coming from deep within the dense undergrowth.
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“Extraordinary,” Muthr exclaimed as she passed a tall cup-shaped plant.
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The material uses very tiny, cup-shaped particles called nanocups.
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