stein
noun
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
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stein
1 American
[stahyn]
/ staɪn /
noun
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a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
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the quantity of beer or other liquid contained in a stein.
Stein
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American
[stahyn, shtahyn]
/ staɪn, ʃtaɪn /
noun
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Gertrude, 1874–1946, U.S. author in France.
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Heinrich Friedrich Karl Baron vom und zum 1757–1831, German statesman.
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William Howard, 1911–80, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1972.
Stein
1
British
noun
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Gertrude. 1874–1946, US writer, resident in Paris (1903–1946). Her works include Three Lives (1908) and The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas (1933)
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Heinrich Friedrich Carl (ˈhainrɪç ˈfriːdrɪç karl), Baron Stein. 1757–1831, Prussian statesman, who contributed greatly to the modernization of Prussia and played a major role in the European coalition against Napoleon (1813–15)
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Jock, real name John. 1922–85, Scottish footballer and manager: managed Celtic (1965–78) and Scotland (1978–85)
stein
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British
/ staɪn /
noun
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an earthenware beer mug, esp of a German design
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the quantity contained in such a mug
Etymology
Origin of stein
1900–05; < German: literally, stone
Example Sentences
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Darrell Goodwin holds a German stein during the Oktoberfest celebration.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2025
That would cause a few restaurants and breweries to raise a celebratory stein.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 15, 2022
SUN Oktoberfest celebration, lagers from Tired Hands and other breweries, tickets include a custom .5-liter stein and 2 proper pours of anything served, 1-8 p.m.,
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 19, 2019
He ran the blender, producing a noise like a circular saw, and then filled a tall glass stein with purple-green liquid.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 23, 2015
Mrs. Fine- stein always has a bowl of oranges out, on a table up a few steps from the vestibule; no one else leaves oranges lying around like that when it isn’t Christmas.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
“China has become an important part of their corporate DNA and business ecosystem,” Sean Stein, president of the U.S.-China Business Council, said recently.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026
It was bought for him in 1983 by Sire Records founder Seymour Stein after Marr joked that The Smiths would sign to the label if he bought him a new guitar.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
“It’s not just the number on the paper,” said Adam Stein, director of nuclear energy innovation at the Breakthrough Institute.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
Roughly 50 companies are working on the small reactors, mostly in the U.S., said Adam Stein, director of nuclear energy and innovation at the Breakthrough Institute.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Buddy Stein: I pictured him telling scandalous jokes, cracking his knuckles when he got to the punch line.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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