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eggcup

noun

Etymology

From egg + cup. Compare Swedish äggkopp.

  1. derived from *gew-✻ — “to bend, curve, arch”
  2. inherited from *kuppaz✻
  3. inherited from *kopp✻ — “round object, bowl, vessel, knoll, summit, crown of the head”
  4. derived from *kewp-✻ — “a hollow”
  5. derived from cūpa — “tub, cask”
  6. derived from cuppa
  7. inherited from copp — “cup, vessel”
  8. inherited from cuppe — “cup”
  9. inherited from cuppe
  10. compounded as eggcup — “egg + cup”

Definitions

  1. A small dish used to support a boiled egg while it is eaten.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA