teacup vs urn

teacup

noun
  • A small cup, usually with a handle, commonly used for drinking tea; normally sits in a saucer as part of a tea set. 

  • A unit of measure; a teacupful. 

adj
  • Of an animal, smaller than average. 

urn

noun
  • A metal vessel for serving tea or coffee. 

  • A vase with a footed base. 

  • A vessel for the ashes or cremains of a deceased person. 

  • Any place of burial; the grave. 

  • A hollow body shaped like an urn, in which the spores of mosses are contained; a spore case; a theca. 

  • A measure of capacity for liquids, containing about three gallons and a half, wine measure. It was half the amphora, and four times the congius. 

verb
  • To place in an urn. 

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