egg cupnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈeɡ ˌkʌp/us/ˈeɡ ˌkʌp/a small container used to hold a boiled egg while you eat it
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Dishes, bowls, cups & glasses
- basin
- beaker
- bowl
- chalice
- champagne flute
- crockery
- dinner service
- dish
- mortar
- mug
- place mat
- platter
- pudding basin
- punch bowl
- stem
- stoneware
- tableware
- tankard
- tea set
- teacup
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Examples from literature
- Like an egg in an egg cup, the ball rested on the muzzle end until firing of the charge tossed it in the general direction of the enemy.
- Pat's still sleeping, said her father over his egg cup.
- There is a tall coffee pot, hot milk pitcher, a cream pitcher and sugar bowl, a cup and saucer, two plates, an egg cup and a covered dish.