1. Two or three eggs are laid in a small cup nest in a tree.

2. She served us each a small cup of thick black coffee and poured one for herself.

3. You squeeze a dollop of special paste into a small cup at the base of the burner and light it.

4. Heuchera definition, any of various North American plants belonging to the genus Heuchera, of the saxifrage family, having clusters of small, cup-shaped flowers, especially the Alumroots

5. If that evokes the picture of an upside-down cup, you’d be right on track, as Cupola comes from the Latin word “cupula”, which itself means “small cup”

6. Feast on this energy-packed smoothie for breakfast: blend one banana, one mango, half a medium sized pineapple, a tablespoon of rolled oats and 150ml milk or a small cup of plain, low-fat yoghurt.