52. cup [cuppe, cuppa < cupa, tube, cup]
(n) an open bowl-shaped drinking vessel

• A cup is a small, round container with a handle, which you drink from.

(v) to curve into the shape of cup

• If you cub something in your hands, you hold it with your hands touching all round it.
• His hands were cupped around his lighter in order to lit the cigar.
• He cupped his hands around his mouth.

53. cupbearer : one who has the duty of filling and handling around the cups in which wine is served

54. cupboard : a closet with shelves where dishes, utensils, or food is kept/찬장

• A cupboard is a piece of furniture with doors at the front and usually shelves inside.

55. cupel [cuppe, cuppa < cupa, tube, cup + -el, a suffix meaning small] : a small shallow porous cup esp. of bone ash used in assaying to separate precious metals from lead

56. cupellation : refinement (as of gold or silver) in a cupel by exposure to high temperature in a blast of air by which the lead, copper, tin, and other unwanted metals are oxidized and partly sink into the porous cupel

57. cupola [cuppe, cuppa < cupa, tube, cup + -ola, a suffix meaning small] : 
① a rounded vault resting on a circular or other base and forming a roof or a ceiling
② a small structure built on top of a roof

58. ductule [ducere, to lead < duct + -ule, -ulus, -ula, -ulum : a suffix meaning small] : a small duct

59. duct [ducere, to lead < duct, 관(管)/ 물 등의 액체를 인도하므로] : 
(n) a pipe, tube, or channel that conveys a substance
(v) to conveys through a duct

• A duct is a pipe, tube, or a channel through a liquid or gas is sent.
• A duct is also a tube in your body that a liquid such as tears or bile can pass through.

60. ductile : (adj) 
① that can be stretched, drawn, or hammered thin without breaking; not brittle
② easily molded; plastic; pliant
③ easily led; tractable

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