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
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British
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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 /
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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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That would cause a few restaurants and breweries to raise a celebratory stein.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 15, 2022
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
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
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
"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
A paper describing the results, led by Stein, was published on July 27 in The Astrophysical Journal Letters.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026
A year before Sire Records founder Seymour Stein coined the term “new wave” to describe the pop-flavored punk bands emerging in 1977, Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers had already launched the movement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
“It’s like a gigantic battleship with a lot of barnacles that have kind of attached themselves to the ship over the years,” Jeremy Stein, a Harvard economist and former Fed governor, said of the bureaucracy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
“I can confirm that we did receive your package at some point during the holidays. Someone from our office will notify you after Missus Stein has made her decision. Thank you for calling.”
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
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