Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
aristotle | (Sl.) a bottle. |
aryballoid | in the form of an aryballos, a globular oil-flask with a neck. |
aryballos | (Greek) a globular oil-flask with a neck. |
balthasar | a large wine bottle containing 2.80 gallons. |
beaker | a large cup. |
beermat | a cardboard mat to put under a glass of beer. |
bellarmine | a large jug with rounded belly and narrow neck. |
belshazzar | a large wine bottle containing 2.80 gallons. |
bidon | (Fr.) a container for liquids. |
bota | (Spanish) a leather bottle for wine. |
bottle | a narrow-necked hollow vessel, esp of glass or plastic, for holding liquids; (verb) to put into a bottle. |
briki | the Greek name for a cezve, a small metal pot used for preparing coffee. |
calix | (Lat.) a cup; esp an ecclesiastical chalice. |
canakin | a small can or drinking vessel. |
canikin | a small can or drinking vessel. |
cannikin | a small can or drinking vessel. |
canteen | a small container for carrying water. |
cantharus | (Lat.) a large two-handled drinking-cup. |
carafe | (Fr.) a glass bottle for water or wine at a table, in a bedroom, etc. |
cezve | a small metal pot, usually of copper, with a long metal handle, used for preparing Turkish, Arabic, or Greek style coffee. |
chalice | a drinking-cup, a goblet. |
coffeepot | a pot for coffee. |
copita | (Spanish) a tulip-shaped sherry glass. |
costrel | an eared bottle or small flask, to be hung at the waist. |
cotyle | (Greek) an ancient Greek drinking cup. |
cup | a drinking vessel, roughly hemispherical, usually with one handle (verb) to form into a cup shape |
cyathus | (Lat.) an ancient Greek or Roman filling or measuring cup; a measure equal to about 1/2 pint. |
cylix | (Greek) a shallow two-handled drinking-cup. |
decanter | a decorative bottle. |
demijohn | (Fr.) a large bottle having a wicker case. |
dewar | a double-walled flask. |
diatretum | (Lat.) a glass bowl of late Roman times. |
esky | (Tradename) a portable insulated container for keeping drinks cool. |
ewer | a jug with a wide mouth, esp a water-jug of the kind formerly used in bedrooms. |
fiasco | (Ital.) a flask or bottle a complete failure of any kind |
fingan | (Arabic) the handleless coffee cup which fits within a zarf. |
finjan | (Arabic) the handleless coffee cup which fits within a zarf. |
flacket | a barrel-shaped bottle; a flagon; (verb) to flap, flutter. |
flacon | (Fr.) a small decorative flagon with a tight-fitting stopper. |
flagon | a large vessel containing drink for use at table, usually with a handle, spout, and lid. |
flask | a narrow-necked container. |
goblet | a drinking vessel. |
hanap | an ornate mediaeval drinking goblet, often having a cover. |
humpen | (Ger.) a type of enamelled or painted glass drinking vessel made in Germany. |
ibrik | the Arabic name for a cezve, a small metal pot used for preparing coffee. |
jeroboam | an oversize wine bottle holding about four 26-ounce quarts. |
joram | a large drinking-bowl. |
jorum | a large drinking-bowl. |
keltie | (Scots) a bumper or glass filled to the brim, esp one imposed as a forfeit. |
kelty | (Scots) a bumper or glass filled to the brim, esp one imposed as a forfeit. |
kylix | (Greek) a shallow two-handled Greek drinking cup. |
lagena | (Lat.) a narrow-necked bottle. |
lecythus | (Lat.) a narrow-necked Greek flask. |
longneck | a kind of beer bottle with a long narrow neck. |
magnum | (Lat.) a bottle for wine, spirits, etc., twice the standard size, now usually containing 11/2 litres. |
mazer | a large drinking vessel of hardwood or metal. |
middie | a 285ml beer glass. |
middy | (Aust. sl.) a 285ml beer glass. |
monteith | (Scots) a large 17th or 18th century bowl, usually of silver, for cooling punch glasses. |
nebuchadnezzar | an oversize wine bottle holding about 3.50 gallons. |
nipperkin | (Arch.) a small measure of alcoholic drink. |
noggin | a small mug or cup; a measure of about a gill. |
pannikin | a small metal cup. |
pitcher | a large jug. |
pokal | (Ger.) a tall drinking cup. |
punchbowl | a bowl for holding punch. |
quaich | (Gaelic) a drinking-cup. |
quaigh | (Gaelic) a drinking-cup. |
rehoboam | (Hebrew) a large wine bottle containing 1.05 gallons. |
rhyton | (Greek) a drinking cup with a hole in the point to drink by. |
roemer | (Dutch) a large drinking-glass. |
rumkin | (Obs.) a kind of drinking vessel. |
rummer | (Dutch) a large drinking-glass. |
salmanaser | a large wine bottle containing 2.10 gallons. |
salmanazar | a large wine bottle containing 2.10 gallons. |
samovar | (Russian) a tea-urn. |
screwtop | a bottle with a stopper that screws in or on, esp a beer bottle of the kind with its contents. |
scyphus | (Lat.) a drinking vessel used in ancient Greece. |
seidel | (Ger.) a large glass for beer. |
sippy | as in sippy cup, an infant's drinking cup. |
skyphos | (Greek) a drinking vessel used in ancient Greece. |
stubbie | (Aust. sl.) a small squat beer bottle. |
stubby | short and squat (noun, Aust. sl.) a small squat beer bottle |
tankard | a large mug-like vessel, usually with a handle and sometimes a hinged lid, used esp for drinking beer from. |
tassie | (Scots) a small cup. |
tastevin | (Fr.) a small shallow cup used for tasting wine. |
tazza | (Ital.) a cup with saucer-shaped bowl on a pedestal. |
teacup | a cup in which tea is served. |
thermos | (Tradename) a vacuum flask. |
tinnie | a mug made of tinplate; a can of beer. |
tinny | making a noise like tin (noun) a mug made of tinplate; a can of beer |
trough | a long narrow vessel for watering or feeding animals; (verb) to consume greedily. |
troughlike | like a trough. |
tumbler | a drinking-glass. |
tyg | an old drinking-cup with two or more handles. |
winchester | a large cylindrical bottle with a narrow neck used for transporting chemicals. |
wineglass | a glass for the drinking of wine. |
zarf | (Arabic) an ornamental metal holder for a handleless coffee cup. |
zurf | (Arabic) an ornamental metal holder for a handleless coffee cup. |