Talk:Cup

A cup is an open-top used to hold hot or cold liquids for pouring or drinking; while mainly used for drinking, it also can be used to stone store solids for pouring (e.g., sugar, flour, grains, salt).[1][2] Cups may be made of glass, metal, china,[3] clay, wood, stone, polystyrene, plastic, aluminium or other materials, and are usually fixed with a stem, handles, or other adornments. Cups are used for quenching thirst across a wide range of cultures and social classes,[4] and different styles of cups may be used for different liquids or in different situations.[5] Cups of different styles may be used for different types of liquids or other foodstuffs (e.g. teacups and measuring cups), in different situations (e.g. at water stations or in ceremonies and rituals),or for decoration.[5][6]

FYI

http://toolserver.org/~dispenser/cgi-bin/webreflinks.py?page=cup&citeweb=checked was a dream. Red Slash 02:40, 26 January 2014 (UTC) [1] now Red Slash 18:00, 27 September 2014 (UTC)

Grapes of a man

"the cup is used to protect the grapes of a man" - Suggest removing this sentence fragment. I can only guess this is a reference to male groin protection, see Jockstrap. Perhaps this should be added to a disambiguation page.71.165.73.218 (talk) 05:35, 3 February 2014 (UTC)

Problematic illustration

Below is the illustration in the opening section. I don't see any cups. Maybe the object second from left in the top row is a cup, but even if it is, the illustration just isn't suitable; and what's the point of the illustration without the key that would give us the names of the vessels? I will therefore remove it.Wordwright (talk) 20:49, 24 August 2018 (UTC)

Wood engraving of 22 ancient drinking vessels, c. 1873

It's so exciting

It's so exciting to see this actually look like a real article! Thanks to everyone who's participated. Red Slash 23:08, 21 August 2019 (UTC)