"A cup" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: A cups [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} A cup (plural A cups)
  1. A standard, relatively small, bra cup size, consisting of a measurement around the bust that is one inch longer than a measurement around the band, plus five inches. Categories (topical): Underwear
    Sense id: en-A_cup-en-noun-S8zLOkO9 Disambiguation of Underwear: 85 15 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 65 35 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 67 33 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 68 32
  2. (by synecdoche) A woman with small breasts(of this cup size). Tags: synecdoche
    Sense id: en-A_cup-en-noun-tVphXLBl

Inflected forms

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