goblet

[gob-lit]

noun

1. a drinking glass with a foot and stem.

2. Archaic.,  a bowl-shaped drinking vessel with no handles.

goblet

/ ˈɡɒblɪt /

noun

1. a vessel for drinking, usually of glass or metal, with a base and stem but without handles

2. archaic,  a large drinking cup shaped like a bowl

Word History and Origins

Origin of goblet¹

1300–50; Middle English gobelet < Old French, diminutive of gobel cup ≪ Celtic

Word History and Origins

Origin of goblet¹

C14: from Old French gobelet a little cup, from gobel ultimately of Celtic origin

Example Sentences

He has struck in plain sight - again - killing off Claudia's "Queen of the Castle", Celia Imrie, by quoting the bard while pouring her a goblet of wine at a lavish dinner for the remaining contestants.

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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.

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The piece ran under an illustration of a black spatula dripping sinister goblets of melting plastic, against a background of bilious green.

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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.

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In particular, goblet cells -- cup-shaped cells that secrete mucus -- expressed those genes only in the presence of ILC2s, a kind of immune cell.

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