Measuring cup

<p>A measuring cup is a <a href="/facts/List_of_food_preparation_utensils/xqmCaR4U">kitchen utensil</a> used primarily to measure the <a href="/facts/Volume/aeAXCBUd">volume</a> of liquid or bulk solid <a href="/facts/Cooking/YWVfGWD1">cooking</a> ingredients such as flour and sugar, especially for volumes from about 50 <a href="/facts/Millilitre/QKwbQz8I">mL</a> (approx. 2 <a href="/facts/Fluid_ounce/fg11uSSt">fl oz</a>) upwards. Measuring cups are also used to measure washing powder, liquid detergents and bleach for clothes washing. Some measuring cups will have a scale marked in cups and fractions of a cup, and often with fluid measure and weight of a selection of dry foodstuffs. Others are made to a specific capacity and are designed to be filled to the top with dry ingredients. 
</p><p>Measuring cups may be made of <a href="/facts/Plastic/Kla5QItn">plastic</a>, <a href="/facts/Glass/hezRsAGf">glass</a>, or <a href="/facts/Metal/PT8hNX6R">metal</a>. Transparent (or translucent) cups can be read from an external scale; metal ones only from a <a href="/facts/Dipstick/TgRFHs7X">dipstick</a> or scale marked on the inside.
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Measuring cup