: a small cup usually with a handle used with a saucer for hot beverages
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Arlo reminds his mom about the wasp and the teacup.
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Nick Caruso, TVLine, 31 Oct. 2024
Frau Hermann called from the kitchen amid a rattling of teacups and plates.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 23 Oct. 2024
Inside the ranch, Maggie Chenoweth (The Handmaid’s Tale’s Yvonne Strahovski) is capturing a wasp in a teacup to remove it from her son Arlo’s room.
—James Grebey, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2024
Postmortem examination revealed stomach contents that included fish, a turtle, mud, and, inexplicably, a broken teacup.
—Jeff Vandermeer, WIRED, 22 Oct. 2024
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Nick Caruso, TVLine, 31 Oct. 2024
Frau Hermann called from the kitchen amid a rattling of teacups and plates.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 23 Oct. 2024
Inside the ranch, Maggie Chenoweth (The Handmaid’s Tale’s Yvonne Strahovski) is capturing a wasp in a teacup to remove it from her son Arlo’s room.
—James Grebey, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2024
Postmortem examination revealed stomach contents that included fish, a turtle, mud, and, inexplicably, a broken teacup.
—Jeff Vandermeer, WIRED, 22 Oct. 2024
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“Teacup.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/teacup. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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teacup
noun
tea·cup
ˈtē-ˌkəp 
: a small cup used with a saucer for hot beverages
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