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cup-shaped

cup-shaped adjective: having the hollow form of a cup (but without the handle).

cup-shaped: having the hollow form of a cup (but without the handle)
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Adjective

cup-shaped (not comparable)

  1. Having the hollow form of a cup (but without the handle).
    Synonyms:
    acetabular, cupulate
  2. Having the form of the inside volume of a cup.
    • Reluctant to leave that adored image of a Narcissus reverie, Sadie removed her slip and scanties and brassière, thereby revealing an imposition practised on the male eye by that support, for Sadie's breasts were not the resolute, cup-shaped adornments it moulded under her frock, but drooped when...1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 7

Synonyms of cup-shaped

Questions about cup-shaped

What does cup-shaped mean?
Cup-shaped means having the hollow form of a cup (but without the handle).
What part of speech is cup-shaped?
Cup-shaped is an adjective.

Words near cup-shaped in the dictionary

  1. cup-and-saucer plants
  2. cup-bearer
  3. cup-bearers
  4. cup-rose
  5. cup-roses
  6. cup-shaped
  7. cup-shot
  8. cup-shotten
  9. cup-tied
  10. cup-tosser
  11. cup-tossers

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