Definition of Paper cup

1. Noun. A disposable cup made of paper; for holding drinks.

Exact synonyms: Dixie Cup
Generic synonyms: Cup

Lexicographical Neighbors of Paper Cup

paper airplane
paper airplanes
paper bag
paper ballot
paper ballots
paper birch
paper board
paper boards
paper candidate
paper candidates
paper chain
paper chase
paper chromatography
paper clip
paper clips
paper cup (current term)
paper currency
paper cut
paper cuts
paper cutter
paper doll
paper electrophoresis
paper fastener
paper feed
paper fight
paper flower
paper gold
paper hat
paper jam
paper knife

Literary usage of Paper cup

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Handbook of Electrical Testing by Harry Robert Kempe (1908)
"The bowl L- dried in an electric oven at a temperature of about 160° C. If any loose silver is observed in the solution outside of the niter paper cup, ..."

2. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1863)
"... and the paper cup is hen placed upon the surface of water in a deep lasin ... in quantity iqual to J of that placed within the paper cup. i'he sugar, ..."

3. Consumption a Curable and Preventable Disease: What a Layman Should Know by Lawrence Francis Flick (1903)
"One of the best is a tin cup with a paper cup inside. With this the sputum is deposited in the paper cup and the paper cup is then burned. ..."

4. Manual by American Railway Engineering Association (1921)
"The filter-paper cup may be suspended in the extractor flask by a wire basket ... The filter cup or thimble is previously weighed, and the paper cup shall ..."

5. Read and Understand by Jill Norris, Marilyn Evans (2002)
"I put a paper cup on the bridge. The bridge fell down. I folded the paper along one edge. I put it on top of the two blocks. This time the bridge had one ..."

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