From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishsteinstein /staɪn/ noun [countable] DFDa tall cup for drinking beer, often decorated and with a lid
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stein• He sat in a booth in the far corner, ordered a stein of Rhine beer and waited.• This I washed down with lager from a great stein as monumentally carved as the Parthenon.• Lonesome stein Whilst browsing through one of the local Christmas fairs, I came across a stein, made of pottery.• A score of Brother witnesses sat on elevated thrones quaffing from other such steins, brought by Servitors.• Now carefully consider the numerous modifications which stein from the addition of government.Origin stein (1800-1900) German steinkrug “stone jug” 