drinkholder

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noun

A receptacle for holding a cup, can, or bottle; cupholder.

Scrabble 20

Meanings

noundrinkholder (plural drinkholders)

plural drinkholders

  1. A receptacle for holding a cup, can, or bottle; cupholder.

    An apple trembles in the drinkholder.

    2010, Alex Taylor, The Name of the Nearest River, page 11
    2 more examples

    The preferred Dexter-style drinkholders (which accommodate a can or bottle with or without a huggie) […]

    1989 Feburary-June, Allen D. Berrien, “Spirit of America”, in Boating, volume 62, page 126

    Fine, but let's keep it brief, said Starx, and from the drinkholder scooped the walkie-talkie, told Griggs what was happening.

    2014, Pasha Malla, People Park, page 166
  2. A cardboard box with several holes in the top, used by fast food sellers to hold multiple disposable cups; drink caddy.

    He carried a drinkholder which held a half-dozen disposable cups with plastic lids (much like those in the Academy cafeteria).

    2013, Kevin Hardman, Mutation, page 146

Origin

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APA

drinkholder. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drinkholder

MLA

“drinkholder.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drinkholder. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “drinkholder,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drinkholder.

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