tea cup
Saucer's dainty companion
A tea cup is a small cup, typically with a handle and matching saucer, designed for drinking tea.
Tea cups tend to be more delicate and shallow than coffee mugs: She set out her grandmother's tea cups for the afternoon gathering.
A tempest in a teacup is a disproportionate fuss over something trivial.
Also spelled teacup.
- saucerSmall plate beneath cup
- fine chinaDelicate ceramic tableware
- bone chinaCalcium-ash ceramic ware
- ceramicFired clay material
- Earl GreyBergamot-flavored black tea
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- drinking vesselsbeaker, beer mug, beer stein, ceramic mug, coffee mug
- teawareteapot, teaspoon, saucer, creamer, sugar bowl
- divination toolstarot cards, crystal ball, pendulum, rune stones, oracle cards
- ceramicspottery, porcelain, bowl, plate, vase
- tablewareplate, dishes, fork, bowl, plates
- Asian ceramicsceladon, porcelain vases, bowl, blue and white, bowls
vessel size and formality
tea cupmug
Handled cup for beverages
beer stein · tankard · bucket · vat · barrel
drinking vessel type
tea cupshot glass
Small vessel for spirits
wine glass · beer bottle · canteen · flask · drinking horn