stein

noun

: a large mug (as of earthenware) used especially for beer
also : the quantity of beer that a stein holds

Examples of stein in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Candidates would also spend an hour with Josh, the product manager, and finally another hour with Peter before being sent off in the evening with a beer stein emblazoned with the AllDone logo. IEEE Spectrum, 13 Mar. 2024 The tracking room, a cozy home bar space with wooden walls and a metal ceiling, is mostly empty except for an automatic scoring machine from a bygone Nashville bowling alley and a shelf holding beer steins (and bones of once-living things) that runs the length of a wall. Jon Freeman, SPIN, 8 Mar. 2024 Pint glasses and liter steins will be available for purchase. Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2024 At the latter locations, $15 nets a stein, a pint and $6 refills. Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Aug. 2023 Like most other Le Creuset products, this set of four stone steins is freezer-, oven-, microwave-, and dishwasher-safe. Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Feb. 2024 And the lock to the gun case was hidden in a beer stein. Gina Kaufman, Detroit Free Press, 7 Feb. 2024 Milwaukee has long outgrown its reputation for being a city whose dining scene revolves around cheese and sausage or whose bar scene equates to oversized steins of beer. Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2024 Sounds like there’s time for a few more steins yet. Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 15 Sep. 2023

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Word History

Etymology

probably from German Steingut stoneware, from Stein stone + Gut goods

First Known Use

1855, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of stein was in 1855

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Cite this Entry

“Stein.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stein. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

stein

noun
: a pottery mug for beer

Biographical Definition

Stein 1 of 2

biographical name (1)

Gertrude 1874–1946 American writer

Stein

2 of 2

biographical name (2)

(Heinrich Friedrich) Karl 1757–1831 Freiherr vom und zum Stein Prussian statesman

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