upTypical drinkware. This list of glassware includes drinking vessels (drinkware),

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used to set a table for eating a meal and generally

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items such as vases, and glasses used in the catering industry. It does not include

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Drinkware

Drinkware, beverageware (in other words,

cup A cup is an open-top vessel (container) used to hold liquids for drinking, typically with a flattened hemispherical shape, and often with a capacity of about . Cups may be made of pottery (including porcelain), glass, metal, wood, stone, pol ...

jug A jug is a type of container commonly used to hold and serve liquids, but not normally to drink from directly. It has an opening, sometimes narrow, from which to pour or drink, and has a handle, and usually a pouring lip. Jugs throughout histor ...

s and ewers) is a general term for a vessel intended to contain

beverages A drink or beverage is a liquid intended for human consumption. In addition to their basic function of satisfying thirst, drinks play important roles in human culture. Common types of drinks include plain drinking water, milk, juice, smoothie ...

or liquid

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drinking Drinking is the act of ingesting water or other liquids into the body through the mouth, proboscis, or elsewhere. Humans drink by swallowing, completed by peristalsis in the esophagus. The physiological processes of drinking vary widely among ...

or consumption. * Beaker *

Beer glassware Beer glassware comprise vessels, today usually made of glass, designed or commonly used for serving and drinking beer. Styles of beer glasses vary in accord with national or regional traditions; legal or customary requirements regarding serving ...

Bottle A bottle is a narrow-necked container made of an impermeable material (such as glass, plastic or aluminium) in various shapes and sizes that stores and transports liquids. Its mouth, at the bottling line, can be sealed with an internal ...

Coffee cup A coffee cup is a cup for serving coffee and List of coffee drinks, coffee-based drinks. There are three major types: conventional cups used with saucers, mugs used without saucers, and disposable cups. Cups and mugs generally have a Handle (gri ...

Cup A cup is an open-top vessel (container) used to hold liquids for drinking, typically with a flattened hemispherical shape, and often with a capacity of about . Cups may be made of pottery (including porcelain), glass, metal, wood, stone, pol ...

* Dwarf ale glass * Heavy baluster glass * Jar * Mazagran *

Mug A mug is a type of cup, a drinking vessel usually intended for hot drinks such as: coffee, hot chocolate, or tea. Mugs usually have handles and hold a larger amount of fluid than other types of cups such as teacups or coffee cups. Typically ...

* Pythagorean cup * Quaich * Sake cup (''ochoko'') *

Stemware Stemware is drinkware where the bowl stands on a ''stem'' above a ''foot'' (base that allows to put the vessel down onto a table). It is usually made from glass, but may be made from ceramics or metals. The stemware is intended for cool bever ...

* Tazza *

Teacup A teacup is a cup for drinking tea. It generally has a small handle (grip), handle that may be grasped with the thumb and one or two fingers. It is typically made of a ceramic material and is often part of a set which is composed of a cup and ...

* Tiki mug *

Trembleuse A ''trembleuse'', also known as a ''tasse trembleuse'' or chocolate cup, is a pottery drinking cup and saucer with the saucer given a raised holding area, called the "gallery", in which the cup sits more securely than in the normal style. The ...

* Tumblers * Vitrolero The word ''cup'' comes from

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, from Late Latin ', drinking vessel, perhaps variant of Latin ', tub, cask. The first known use of the word cup is before the 12th century.

Tumblers

Tumblers are flat-bottomed drinking glasses. * Collins glass, for a tall mixed drink. * Dizzy cocktail glass, a glass with a wide, shallow bowl, comparable to a normal cocktail glass but without the stem * Faceted glass or ' * Highball glass, for mixed drinks * Iced tea glass * Juice glass, for fruit juices and vegetable juices *

Old fashioned glass The old fashioned glass, otherwise known as the rocks glass, whiskey glass, and lowball glass (or simply lowball), is a short tumbler used for serving spirits, such as whisky, neat or with ice cubes (" on the rocks"). It is also normally use ...

, traditionally, for a simple cocktail or liquor " on the rocks" or " neat". Contemporary American "rocks" glasses may be much larger, and used for a variety of beverages over ice. *

Shot glass A shot glass is a glass originally designed to hold or measure spirits or liquor, which is either imbibed straight from the glass ("a shot") or poured into a cocktail ("a drink"). An alcoholic beverage served in a shot glass and typically consu ...

, a small glass for up to four ounces of liquor. The modern shot glass has a thicker base and sides than the older whiskey glass. * Water glass * Whiskey tumbler, a small, thin-walled glass for a straight shot of liquor

Beer glassware

* Beer boot * Beer bottle * Beer stein, large mug traditionally with a hinged lid * Berkemeyer *

Glass Glass is an amorphous (non-crystalline solid, non-crystalline) solid. Because it is often transparency and translucency, transparent and chemically inert, glass has found widespread practical, technological, and decorative use in window pane ...

, 200ml (7 fl. oz.) Australian beer glass (Queensland and Victoria) * Handle, 425ml New Zealand beer glass * Jug, 750–1000ml served at pubs in New Zealand * Middy, 285ml (10 fl. oz.) Australian beer glass (New South Wales) * Pilsner glass, for pale lager *

Pint glass A pint glass is a form of drinkware made to hold either a United Kingdom, British imperial pint of or an United States, American pint of . Other definitions also exist, see below. These glasses are typically used to beer glass, serve beer, and a ...

, for an imperial pint of beer or cider * Pony glass, for a 140ml of beer, a "short" or "small" beer * Pot glass * Pot, 285ml (10 fl. oz.) Australian beer glass (Queensland and Victoria) *

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, 425ml (15 fl. oz.) Australian beer glass, 285 ml (10 fl. oz.) in South Australia * Tankard, a large drinking cup, usually with a handle and a hinged cover * Wheat beer glass, for wheat beer * Yard glass, a very tall, conical beer glass, with a round ball base, usually hung on a wall when empty

Stemware

* Absinthe glass, a short, thick-stemmed glass with a tall, wide bowl and some feature (like a ridge, bead, or bulge) indicating a correct serving of absinthe * Chalice or goblet, an ornate stem glass, especially one for ceremonial purposes *

Champagne coupe A champagne glass is stemware designed for Champagne (wine), champagne and other sparkling wines. The two most common forms are the flute and coupe, both stemmed; holding the glass by the stem prevents warming the drink. Champagne can also be d ...

, a stem glass with a wide, shallow bowl, for champagne (similar to a cocktail glass) *

Champagne flute A champagne glass is stemware designed for champagne and other sparkling wines. The two most common forms are the flute and coupe, both stemmed; holding the glass by the stem prevents warming the drink. Champagne can also be drunk from a normal ...

, a stem glass with a tall, narrow bowl, for champagne *

Cocktail glass A cocktail glass is a stemware, stemmed glass (drinkware), glass with an inverted cone bowl, mainly used to serve bartending terminology#Straight up, straight-up cocktails. The term ''cocktail glass'' is often used interchangeably with ''marti ...

, a stem glass with a wide, shallow bowl, for cocktails * Fountain glass, a tall fluted stem glass common in

soda fountain A soda fountain is a device that dispenses carbonated soft drinks, called fountain drinks. They can be found in restaurants, concession stands and other locations such as convenience stores. The machine combines flavored syrup or syrup concentrat ...

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s and 24-hour diner-style restaurants for

milkshake A milkshake (sometimes simply called a shake) is a sweet beverage made by blending milk, ice cream, and flavorings or sweeteners such as butterscotch, caramel sauce, chocolate syrup, or fruit syrup into a thick, sweet, cold mixture. It may ...

s and

ice cream soda An ice cream float or ice cream soda, also known as an ice cream spider in Australia and New Zealand, is a chilled beverage made by adding ice cream to a soft drink or to a mixture of flavored syrup and carbonated water. When root beer and va ...

s * Glencairn whisky glass, a wide bowl with a narrow mouth, similar to a snifter's, but with a shorter, sturdier base, designed for whisky * Hurricane glass (poco grande glass) * Margarita glass (variant of champagne coupe) * Nick & Nora * Rummer * Sherbet, a stem glass for

ice cream Ice cream is a frozen dessert typically made from milk or cream that has been flavoured with a sweetener, either sugar or an alternative, and a spice, such as Chocolate, cocoa or vanilla, or with fruit, such as strawberries or peaches. Food ...

sorbet Sorbet (, ) is a frozen dessert made using ice combined with fruit juice, fruit purée, or other ingredients, such as wine, liqueur, or honey. Sorbet does not contain dairy products. Sherbet is similar to sorbet, but contains dairy. Etymolog ...

* Sherry glass *

Snifter A snifter (also called brandy balloon, brandy snifter, brandy glass, brandy bowl, or a cognac glass) is a type of stemware, a short-stemmed glass whose vessel has a wide bottom and a relatively narrow top. It is mostly used to serve aged brown ...

, a liquor glass with a short stem and a wide bowl that narrows at the top, for brandy and liquor *

Wine glass A wine glass is a type of Glass (drinkware), glass that is used for drinking or wine tasting, tasting wine. Most wine glasses are stemware (goblets), composed of three parts: the bowl, stem, and foot. There are a wide variety of slightly differe ...

, a stem glass

Other

* Art glass, glassware that is modern art *

Pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("Pitch (baseball), pitches") the Baseball (ball), baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of out (baseball), retiring a batter (baseball), batter, ...

, a container, usually with a spout for pouring its contents *

Punch bowl A punch bowl or punchbowl is a bowl, often large and wide, for serving mixed drinks such as hippocras, punch (drink), punch or mulled wine, with a Ladle (spoon), ladle.''The Language of Drink'' Graham and Sue Edwards 1988, Alan Sutton Publishi ...

, a bowl that punch is put in, generally used in parties *

Vase A vase ( or ) is an open container. It can be made from a number of materials, such as ceramics, glass, non- rusting metals, such as aluminium, brass, bronze, or stainless steel. Even wood has been used to make vases, either by using tree specie ...

, an open container often used to hold flowers *

Bong A bong (also known as a water pipe) is a filtration device generally used for smoking cannabis, tobacco, or other herbal substances. In the bong shown in the photo, the smoke flows from the lower port on the left to the upper port on the right ...

, a smoking device often made from glass * Drug pipe, a form of drug paraphernalia often made from glass * Peking glass, a Chinese form of overlay glass, often in the form of snuff boxes or vases * Penny lick

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