cocktail glass

noun

: a bell-shaped drinking glass usually having a foot and stem and holding about three ounces (90 milliliters)

Examples of cocktail glass in a Sentence

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Press lemon wedge around inside of a cocktail glass. Claudia Alarcón, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025 Police later found red plastic pieces nearby and a broken cocktail glass near where his body was discovered. Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 12 June 2025 Those included pieces of taillight that prosecutors say prove Read struck O’Keefe as well as some glass from a broken cocktail glass. Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 8 May 2025 Strain up into a coupe, martini, or cocktail glass, and garnish with a lime wheel, or perhaps nothing at all. Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 11 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for cocktail glass

Word History

First Known Use

1873, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of cocktail glass was in 1873

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“Cocktail glass.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cocktail%20glass. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.

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