measuring cup

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- /ˈme-zhər, ˈmā- kʌp/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- /ˈme-zhər, ˈmā- kʌp/

Definitions of measuring cup words

noun measuring cup a graduated cup used especially in cooking for measuring ingredients. 1
noun measuring cup container for measuring out food 1
noun measuring cup a standard cup, usually one holding either 8 oz or 16 oz, with marks to show fractional amounts and with a lip for pouring, used to measure ingredients in cooking, esp. liquid ingredients 0
noun measuring cup a cup for measuring dry ingredients, usually part of a set in graduated sizes including one cup (sense 4) and 1⁄2, 1⁄3, and 1⁄4 of this 0
noun measuring cup a kitchen utensil used primarily to measure the volume of liquid or bulk solid cooking ingredients. 0

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Origin of measuring cup

First appearance:

before 1900

One of the 17% newest English words

First recorded in 1900-05

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Parts of speech for Measuring cup

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Measuring cup

measuring cup popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 34% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 73% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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