goblet
Americannoun
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a drinking glass with a foot and stem.
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Archaic. a bowl-shaped drinking vessel with no handles.
noun
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a vessel for drinking, usually of glass or metal, with a base and stem but without handles
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archaic a large drinking cup shaped like a bowl
Etymology
Origin of goblet
1300–50; Middle English gobelet < Old French, diminutive of gobel cup ≪ Celtic
Explanation
A goblet is a fancy, stemmed drinking glass. When you set the table for Thanksgiving dinner, don't forget the water goblets! The most common type of goblet is the one you'll see on a holiday table, a glass vessel with a stem that sits on a wide foot. There are goblets meant to hold wine, simple glass goblets, and intricately carved crystal goblets. Long ago, goblets looked completely different — they were short and squat, looking more like bowls than drinking glasses, and made of metal. The Old French root of goblet is gobel, "cup."
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Example Sentences
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In mice, however, the protein appears to be produced by mucus-secreting Goblet cells in response to inflammation or certain parasitic infections.
From Science Daily • Mar. 16, 2026
Tennant, 52, has had an extensive career in film, television and radio, including Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Broadchurch and Good Omens.
From BBC • Feb. 18, 2024
Apologies to “Die Hard” and “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,” but we have to draw the line somewhere.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 23, 2022
Goblet, a Belgian painter and sculptor, employs charcoal, pencil, ink and splotches of oil to render layered memories of trauma, pleasure and dark humor in this graphic memoir.
From New York Times • Aug. 23, 2022
Seven and I race for it, and it’s like Harry Potter versus Cedric Diggory trying to get to the Goblet of Fire.
From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas
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