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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Darrell Goodwin holds a German stein during the Oktoberfest celebration.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2025
FRI-SUN Authentic München-style Oktoberfest Biergarten with imported German beers and local craft favorites, food, live oompah music and DJs, keg rolling, stein hoisting, wiener-dog racing, 4-11 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
This is a terrific article,it makes me want to pack my hiking boots,my ski boots and oh yes my boot shaped beer stein and head for the wilds of New Zealand.
From New York Times ● Oct. 10, 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
Finding more of them could help scientists "understand how galaxies form and how many black holes are whizzing around," Stein said.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026
However, Stein said there is no reason to worry about encountering one.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026
"It must have originated in a galaxy's center, but not the one it's in the outskirts of now," Stein said.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026
On the Salon’s last day, Stein bought it with his sister, Gertrude.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
I ask, even though Missus Stein has only agreed to read one.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
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