szklanka — meaning in English

English meaning

• cup noun A small open container, usually with a handle, used for drinking.
• glass noun A hard, usually transparent material made by melting sand with other minerals, used for windows, bottles, and similar items.
• tumbler noun A flat-bottomed drinking glass without a stem, foot, or handle.

Senses

szklanka is used for these senses in English:

• black ice A smooth, barely visible, and dangerously slippery film of ice, usually over a dark surface, such as rock or pavement.
• glass (usually, uncountable) An amorphous solid, often transparent substance, usually made by melting silica sand with various additives (for most purposes, a mixture of soda, potash and lime is added).
• glass (countable) A vessel from which one drinks, especially one made of glass, plastic, or similar translucent or semi-translucent material.
• tumbler A drinking glass that has no stem, foot, or handle — so called because such glasses originally had a pointed or convex base and could not be set down without spilling. This compelled the drinker to finish their measure.

cup — full definition

1. noun A small open container, usually with a handle, used for drinking.
2. noun A unit of volume used in cooking, roughly 237 mL in the US.
3. noun A trophy shaped like an oversized cup, or the competition it is awarded for.

glass — full definition

1. noun A hard, usually transparent material made by melting sand with other minerals, used for windows, bottles, and similar items.
2. noun A drinking vessel made of this material, or the amount of liquid it holds.
3. noun A mirror.

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