stein
noun
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
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
2
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
2
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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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
A Vince Lombardi beer stein sits nearby, a nod to Servais’s Wisconsin roots.
From New York Times ● Mar. 11, 2016
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
He commemorated success with the world's biggest beer stein, which became known as the Stanley Cup.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2014
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
Looking ahead, the Stein Institute for Research on Aging hopes to use these findings to develop personalized "aging dashboards" based on epigenetic clocks.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026
Jeremy Stein and Karen Dynan, both Harvard professors, have written more favorably about the Fed’s large-balance-sheet policy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
By Monday, there was, as Gertrude Stein would put it, no there there.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
Jason Melara’s attorney, Andrew Stein, asked the two murder charges be dismissed, telling Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Curtis Rappe there was no evidence his client pointed a gun at Aguilar.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026
I covered the receiver, hissed, “I’m talking to Hilly, Mother—” “In the pantry? You’re like a teenager again—” “I mean—” Missus Stein let out a sharp tsk.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
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