- an earthenware beer mug, esp of a German design
- the quantity contained in such a mug
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stein /staɪn/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- a stout, thick, cuplike container for drinks, esp. for beer.
- the amount contained in a stein.
stein
(stīn),USA pronunciation n.
Stein (stīn for 1, 3; shtīn for 2),USA pronunciation n.
- a mug, usually earthenware, esp. for beer.
- the quantity of beer or other liquid contained in a stein.
- German: literally, stone
- 1900–05
Stein (stīn for 1, 3; shtīn for 2),USA pronunciation n.
- Biographical Gertrude, 1874–1946, U.S. author in France.
- Biographical William Howard, 1911–80, U.S. biochemist: Nobel prize for chemistry 1972.
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stein /staɪn/ n
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Stein n
- /staɪn/ Gertrude. 1874–1946, US writer, resident in Paris (1903–1946). Her works include Three Lives (1908) and The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas (1933)
- /German: ʃtain/ Heinrich Friedrich Carl ( ˈhainrɪç ˈfriːdrɪç karl ), Baron Stein. 1757–1831, Prussian statesman, who contributed greatly to the modernization of Prussia and played a major role in the European coalition against Napoleon (1813–15)
- /stiːn/ Jock, full name John. 1922–85, Scottish footballer and manager: managed Celtic (1965–78) and Scotland (1978–85)
'stein' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
stone
- Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas, The
- Bose-Einstein statistics
- Einstein equation
- Einstein model
- Einstein's equivalency principle
- Einstein shift
- Einstein's photoelectric equation
- Einstein theory
- either
- Epstein-Barr virus
- Toklas
- Schröder-Bernstein theorem
- Steinheim man
- steinkern