Meaning & use
cup lip
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Meaning
nouncountable
The top edge or rim of a cup, especially the part you drink from.
Grammar: Countable; usually singular in everyday use: the cup lip, a chipped cup lip.
Patterns
- the cup lip
- a chipped cup lip
- at the cup lip
She wiped the cup lip with a cloth before pouring the tea.
There was a small crack along the cup lip, so he threw the mug away.
He pressed his mouth to the cup lip and took a slow sip.
Word forms
| plural | cup lips |
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Common combinations
- chipped cup lip
- The chipped cup lip made it hard to drink without spilling.
- wipe the cup lip
- Please wipe the cup lip before you put it back on the shelf.
- cracked cup lip
- A cracked cup lip can cut your finger if you're not careful.
- run your finger around the cup lip
- She ran her finger around the cup lip to check for any rough spots.
Synonyms and how they differ
Word family
Commonly confused: cup lip or lip?
cup lip vs lip
On its own, 'lip' usually means the soft part of your mouth. In 'cup lip', it means the edge of the cup.
Practice
Choose the best sentence using 'cup lip'.
Choose one answer.
The cup lip is the top edge of a cup, so you can wipe it. Option 0 confuses it with a person's lip; option 2 treats it as a sound; option 3 treats it as a tool.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “cup lip”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.