measuring cup
noun
a graduated cup used especially in cooking for measuring ingredients.
measuring cups
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pluralof measuring cup.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Elisa Valencia recalled that she had been gathering food scales, measuring cups and trays at the start of her shift when three cooks sprinted past her, shouting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
“At one point I realized that the etched labels on measuring cups and spoons were really hard to see,” she tells me.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2023
The China Room features tableware used by past first families and evokes family traditions with garlands of wooden spoons, measuring cups, rolling pins, and “cookies that are reminiscent of baking treats in your grandma’s kitchen.”
From Washington Times ● Nov. 28, 2022
Weighing your ingredients is more accurate and less error-prone than using measuring cups, so there’s less chance your cakes will be dry or your cookies leaden.
From New York Times ● Nov. 19, 2022
She points to the tomato-splashed spoons, pots, and measuring cups piled in the sink.
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
