tankard
Plural: tankards
Noun
- A tall, cylindrical drinking cup with a lid and handle.
- large drinking vessel with one handle
- A large drinking vessel, sometimes of pewter, sometimes with a glass base, with one handle and often a hinged cover.
Examples
- After a hard-fought game of Words With Friends, he imagined raising a victory "TANKARD."
- I sure would be much happier with a tankard of mead right about now.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English tan(c)kard(e), denoting 'a large tub for carrying liquid', perhaps related to Dutch tanckaert, from Middle Dutch tanckaert, meaning the same thing, but of uncertain ultimate origin. The OED suggests an alteration of Medieval Latin *kantard, from Latin cantharus (“tankard”). Klein suggests French tant quart (“as much of a quarter”).
Meaning "drinking vessel" is first recorded late 15th century.
Scrabble Score: 12
tankard: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordtankard: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
tankard: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 13
tankard: valid Words With Friends Word