stein
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
the quantity of beer or other liquid contained in a stein.
Origin of stein
1Other definitions for Stein (2 of 2)
Gertrude, 1874–1946, U.S. author in France.
Hein·rich Frie·drich Karl [hahyn-rikh-free-drikhkahrl], /ˈhaɪn rɪx ˈfri drɪx kɑrl/, Baron vom und zum [fawmoont tsoom], /fɔm ʊnt tsʊm/, 1757–1831, German statesman.
William Howard, 1911–80, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1972.
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How to use stein in a sentence
The beer frau returns quickly, carrying up to a dozen giant glass steins at a time.
For name cards have steins cut from cardboard and decorated in imitation of the Mettlach steins.
Suppers | Paul PierceThe great reputation of the stein instruments led to the removal of the Steins to Vienna.
The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Volume II (of 3) | Alexander Wheelock ThayerRoots grow from stems, not steins from roots, except in certain cases, like that of the Poplar mentioned above.
Outlines of Lessons in Botany, Part I; From Seed to Leaf | Jane H. NewellThere was a palatial bar, behind which fat, white-jacketed Teutons served slopping steins of beer upon a perforated brass surface.
The Moonlit Way | Robert W. Chambers
The steins clicked crisply in Gretchen's arms; one of them fell and broke at her feet.
The Goose Girl | Harold MacGrath
British Dictionary definitions for stein (1 of 2)
/ (staɪn) /
an earthenware beer mug, esp of a German design
the quantity contained in such a mug
Origin of stein
1British Dictionary definitions for Stein (2 of 2)
(staɪn) Gertrude. 1874–1946, US writer, resident in Paris (1903–1946). Her works include Three Lives (1908) and The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas (1933)
(German ʃtain) Heinrich Friedrich Carl (ˈhainrɪç ˈfriːdrɪç karl), Baron Stein. 1757–1831, Prussian statesman, who contributed greatly to the modernization of Prussia and played a major role in the European coalition against Napoleon (1813–15)
(stiːn) Jock, real name John. 1922–85, Scottish footballer and manager: managed Celtic (1965–78) and Scotland (1978–85)
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