cup

Cup is a short, open-front rounded vowel-consonant blend used as a common container; in English it functions as a noun referring to a small drinking vessel or a cup-shaped object. The word is typically monosyllabic and stressed, with a quick, clipped vowel and a concise final consonant. It appears in many collocations (cup of tea, ice-cup, paper cup) and idiomatic phrases (cup runneth over).