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
Example Sentences
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It was also fun to see those dumb, giant golden goblets the producers make them drink every liquid out of — I had missed those during my blind viewing.
From Los Angeles Times
The piece ran under an illustration of a black spatula dripping sinister goblets of melting plastic, against a background of bilious green.
From Los Angeles Times
Unfortunately for the Duke of Buckingham, his 1521 gift of a goblet engraved with the motto "With humble, true heart" did not do the trick, and he was executed the same year for high treason.
From Salon
In particular, goblet cells -- cup-shaped cells that secrete mucus -- expressed those genes only in the presence of ILC2s, a kind of immune cell.
From Science Daily
“It was one of our big questions. When we first started, we asked Netflix, ‘Will we be getting the goblets?’
From Los Angeles Times
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