Dixie Cup (Noun)
Meaning
A disposable cup made of paper; for holding drinks.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The patient was told to rinse her mouth with water from a dixie cup after her surgery.
- She sipped her hot coffee from a dixie cup as she rushed to catch her bus.
- At the doctor's office, the nurse handed her a dixie cup of water to take her medication.
- The day care center used dixie cups to serve juice to the children during snack time.
- The hospital provided dixie cups for patients to use when brushing their teeth.