upTypical drinkware The list of glassware includes drinking vessels (drinkware) and

tableware Tableware is any dish or dishware used for setting a table, serving food, and dining. It includes cutlery, glassware, serving dishes, and other items for practical as well as decorative purposes. The quality, nature, variety and number of o ...

used to set a table for eating a meal, general

glass Glass is a non- crystalline, often transparent, amorphous solid that has widespread practical, technological, and decorative use in, for example, window panes, tableware, and optics. Glass is most often formed by rapid cooling (quenchin ...

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

Drinkware

Drinkware, beverageware (in other words,

cup A cup is an open-top used to hold hot or cold liquids for pouring or drinking; while mainly used for drinking, it also can be used to store solids for pouring (e.g., sugar, flour, grains, salt). Cups may be made of glass, metal, china, cl ...

s) is a general term for a vessel intended to contain beverages or liquid

food Food is any substance consumed by an organism for nutritional support. Food is usually of plant, animal, or fungal origin, and contains essential nutrients, such as carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, or minerals. The substance is in ...

s for

drink 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, smoothies ...

ing or consumption. * Beaker *

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

* Coffee cup *

Cup A cup is an open-top used to hold hot or cold liquids for pouring or drinking; while mainly used for drinking, it also can be used to store solids for pouring (e.g., sugar, flour, grains, salt). Cups may be made of glass, metal, china, cl ...

* Jar * Mug * Pythagorean cup *

Quaich A quaich , archaically quaigh or quoich, is a special kind of shallow two-handled drinking cup or bowl of a type traditional in Scotland. It derives from the Scottish Gaelic (), meaning a cup. History According to the 1911 ''Encyclopædia ...

* Sake cup (''ochoko'') * Stemware * Teacup *

Trembleuse ''Trembleuse'' or ''tasse trembleuse'' also ''gobelet et soucoupe enfoncé'', is a drinking cup and saucer with the saucer given a raised holding area in which the cup sits more securely than in the normal style. Often the well in the saucer is ...

* Tumblers The word ''cup'' comes from

Middle English Middle English (abbreviated to ME) is a form of the English language that was spoken after the Norman conquest of 1066, until the late 15th century. The English language underwent distinct variations and developments following the Old Englis ...

''cuppe'', from

Old English Old English (, ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages. It was brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the mid-5th ...

, from Late Latin ''cuppa'', drinking vessel, perhaps variant of Latin ''cupa'', 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 *

Highball glass A highball glass is a glass tumbler that can contain . It is used to serve highball cocktails and other mixed drinks. An example size is diameter by in height. A highball glass is taller than an Old Fashioned glass (lowball), and shorter and ...

, for mixed drinks * Iced tea glass * Juice glass, for fruit juices and vegetable juices. * Old fashioned glass, traditionally, for a simple cocktail or liquor " on the rocks" or "

neat Neat may refer to: * Neat (bartending), a single, unmixed liquor served in a rocks glass * Neat, an old term for horned oxen * Neat Records, a British record label * Neuroevolution of augmenting topologies (NEAT), a genetic algorithm (GA) for th ...

". Contemporary American "rocks" glasses may be much larger, and used for a variety of beverages over ice * Shot glass, 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. The word "shot" is rumored to have come the Old West where cowboys paid for whiskey by trading booze for bullets. Another theory is that the drink is named after Friedrich Otto Schott, a man who started a glassworks factory that made shot glasses in America. * Table-glass or ''stakan granyonyi'' * Water glass * Whiskey tumbler, a small, thin-walled glass for a straight shot of liquor

Beer glassware

* Beer stein – large mug traditionally with a hinged lid * Berkemeyer * Pilsner glass, for

pale lager Pale lager is a very pale-to- golden-colored lager beer with a well- attenuated body and a varying degree of noble hop bitterness. The brewing process for this beer developed in the mid-19th century, when Gabriel Sedlmayr took pale ale bre ...

* Pint glass, for an Imperial pint of beer or cider *

Pony glass A pony glass may mean one of two types of small glassware: * A quarter-pint glass of beer: , metricated to 140ml in Australia. * A small, stemmed glass of about one ounce, similar to a stemmed shot glass. Used for liqueurs or cordials, hence also c ...

, for a 140ml of beer, a "short" or "small" beer * Tankard, a large drinking cup, usually with a handle and a hinged cover * Wheat beer glass, for

wheat beer Wheat beer is a top-fermented beer which is brewed with a large proportion of wheat relative to the amount of malted barley. The two main varieties are German ''Weizenbier'' and Belgian ''witbier''; other types include Lambic (made with wild ye ...

(Weizenbier) * Yard glass, a very tall, conical beer glass, with a round ball base, usually hung on a wall when empty * 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) *

Glass Glass is a non- crystalline, often transparent, amorphous solid that has widespread practical, technological, and decorative use in, for example, window panes, tableware, and optics. Glass is most often formed by rapid cooling (quenchin ...

– 200ml (7 fl. oz.) Australian beer glass (Queensland and Victoria) *

Pot Pot may refer to: Containers * Flowerpot, a container in which plants are cultivated * Pottery, ceramic ware made by potters * A type of cookware Places * Ken Jones Aerodrome, IATA airport code POT * Palestinian Occupied Territories, the W ...

– 285ml (10 fl. oz.) Australian beer glass (Queensland and Victoria). *

Schooner A schooner () is a type of sailing vessel defined by its rig: fore-and-aft rigged on all of two or more masts and, in the case of a two-masted schooner, the foremast generally being shorter than the mainmast. A common variant, the topsail schoo ...

– 425ml (15 fl. oz.) Australian beer glass, 285 ml (10 fl. oz.) in South Australia

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 Absinthe (, ) is an anise-flavoured spirit derived from several plants, including the flowers and leaves of '' Artemisia absinthium'' ("grand wormwood"), together with green anise, sweet fennel, and other medicinal and culinary herbs. Historica ...

Chalice A chalice (from Latin 'mug', borrowed from Ancient Greek () 'cup') or goblet is a footed cup intended to hold a drink. In religious practice, a chalice is often used for drinking during a ceremony or may carry a certain symbolic meaning. R ...

(goblet), an ornate stem glass, especially one for ceremonial purposes *

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

family restaurant Restaurants fall into several industry classifications, based upon menu style, preparation methods and pricing, as well as the means by which the food is served to the customer. This article mainly describes the situation in the USA, while catego ...

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, fruit syrup, or whole fruit into a thick, sweet, cold mixtu ...

s and

ice cream soda An ice cream float or ice cream soda (also known as a spider in Australia and New Zealand), is a chilled beverage that consists of ice cream in either a soft drink or a mixture of flavored syrup and carbonated water. When root beer and vanil ...

s *

Glencairn whisky glass The Glencairn whisky glass is a style of glass developed by Glencairn Crystal Ltd, Scotland for drinking whisky. Originally designed by Raymond Davidson, managing director of the company, the shape of the glass is derived from the traditional ...

, 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 A margarita is a cocktail consisting of Tequila, triple sec, and lime juice often served with salt on the rim of the glass. The drink is served shaken with ice (on the rocks), blended with ice (frozen margarita), or without ice (straight up). ...

(variant of Champagne coupe) *

Rummer A rummer (also known as a Römer or Roemer, among other variations) was a type of large drinking glass studded with prunts to ensure a safe grip, popular mainly in the Rhineland and the Netherlands from the 15th through the 17th century. Rummers ...

* Sherbet, a stem glass for

ice cream Ice cream is a sweetened frozen food typically eaten as a snack or dessert. It may be made from milk or cream and is flavoured with a sweetener, either sugar or an alternative, and a spice, such as cocoa or vanilla, or with fruit such as ...

or sorbet * Sherry glass * Snifter, a liquor glass with a short stem and a wide bowl that narrows at the top, for brandy and liquor * Wine glass, a stem glass

Other

Art glass Art glass is a subset of glass art, this latter covering the whole range of art made from glass. Art glass normally refers only to pieces made since the mid-19th century, and typically to those purely made as sculpture or decorative art, with no ...

, glassware that is modern art * Glass container, container made from glass * Laboratory glassware, a variety of equipment, traditionally made of glass, used for scientific experiments *

Pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("pitches") the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or dr ...

, a container, usually with a spout for pouring its contents * Punch bowl, a bowl that punch is put in, generally used in parties * Vase, 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 gas flows from the lower port on the left to the upper port on the right. ...

, a smoking device often made from glass * Peking glass, a Chinese form of Overlay glass, often in the form of snuff boxes or vases.

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