стакан — meaning in English

English meaning

• beaker noun A flat-bottomed, straight-sided glass container with a small pouring lip, used to hold and measure liquids in a lab.
• bottle noun A container, usually glass or plastic, with a narrow neck, used for holding liquids.
• glass noun A hard, usually transparent material made by melting sand with other minerals, used for windows, bottles, and similar items.
• sleeve noun The part of a garment that covers the arm.
• tumbler noun A flat-bottomed drinking glass without a stem, foot, or handle.

Senses

стакан is used for these senses in English:

• beaker A flat-bottomed, straight-sided, glass vessel, with a lip and often a small spout, used as a laboratory container.
• beaker A drinking vessel without a handle.
• bottle (figurative) Intoxicating liquor; alcohol.
• glass (countable) A vessel from which one drinks, especially one made of glass, plastic, or similar translucent or semi-translucent material.
• glass (metonymically) The quantity of liquid contained in such a vessel.
• sleeve A (usually tubular) covering or lining to protect a piece of machinery etc. [from 19th c.]
• 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.

beaker — full definition

1. noun A flat-bottomed, straight-sided glass container with a small pouring lip, used to hold and measure liquids in a lab.
2. noun A cup or mug without a handle, used for drinking.

bottle — full definition

1. noun A container, usually glass or plastic, with a narrow neck, used for holding liquids.
2. noun A container with a nipple used to feed liquid, especially milk or formula, to a baby.
3. noun (British, informal) Nerve or courage.
4. verb To put a liquid into bottles for storage or sale.
5. verb To hold back or suppress feelings instead of expressing them, especially in "bottle up."

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