loving cup

Questions about loving cup

What does loving cup mean?

loving cup means "a large drinking vessel (usually with two handles) that people drink out of in turn at a banquet". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for loving cup?

Close synonyms include cup. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is loving cup a common word?

loving cup is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.