Eight fluid ounces (3 letters)

{ Answer }

CUP

{ Related Clues }

Chalice
Trophy
16 tablespoons
Champion's award
Davis or Ryder
Davis or Stanley
Demitasse, e.g.
Driver's target
Golf target
Green hole
Half pint
"Kindness" container
Many a trophy
Poculiform item
Quarter of a quart
Ryder or Stanley
Saucer's companion
Saucer's go-with
Soup order
Sports award
Stanley, e.g.
Walker or Wightman
"My ___ runneth over"
Sight in a coffee ad
Winner's prize, maybe

{ Tags }

award, chalice, cup, davis, eg, eight, fluid, green, hole, many, my, order, ounces, ryder, saucers, soup, sports, stanley, target, trophy, wightman

{ Notes }

The answer CUP is uncommon, appearing about once every 425 puzzles.

{ Definition }

CUP as a noun:

1. a United States liquid unit equal to 8 fluid ounces

2. (cup, cupful) = the quantity a cup will hold; "he drank a cup of coffee"; "he borrowed a cup of sugar"

3. a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle; "he put the cup back in the saucer"; "the handle of the cup was missing"

4. (cup, loving cup) = a large metal vessel with two handles that is awarded as a trophy to the winner of a competition; "the school kept the cups is a special glass case"

5. any cup-shaped concavity; "bees filled the waxen cups with honey"; "he wore a jock strap with a metal cup"; "the cup of her bra"

6. the hole (or metal container in the hole) on a golf green; "he swore as the ball rimmed the cup and rolled away"; "put the flag back in the cup"

7. a punch served in a pitcher instead of a punch bowl

8. cup-shaped plant organ

CUP as a verb:

1. form into the shape of a cup; "She cupped her hands"

2. put into a cup; "cup the milk"

3. (cup, transfuse) = treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin