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
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
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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
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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
Officers located and detained Stein in the area, and after a search, found a mini camera that had been discarded in a nearby trash can, police said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
Four years later in 2024, Harris earned only 20 percent, while Trump received 21 percent and third-party candidate Jill Stein notched 53 percent.
From Slate ● Nov. 2, 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
“This lets them purchase something, get some confidence, see how much negative feedback they get and test a lot of things before signing up for a $20 billion project,” Stein said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
A blind man—Stanley Stein, one of the best-known figures in Carville—steps forward and says, “Welcome, Joey. Welcome to Carville.”
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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