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beaker

American  
[bee-ker] / ˈbi kər /

noun

  1. a large drinking cup or glass with a wide mouth.

  2. contents of a beaker.

    consuming a beaker of beer at one gulp.

  3. a flat-bottomed cylindrical container, usually with a pouring lip, especially one used in a laboratory.

adjective

  1. (initial capital letter) of or relating to the Beaker folk.

beaker British  
/ ˈbiːkə /

noun

  1. a cup usually having a wide mouth

    a plastic beaker

  2. a cylindrical flat-bottomed container used in laboratories, usually made of glass and having a pouring lip

  3. the amount a beaker holds

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beaker Scientific  
/ bē′kər /

  1. A wide, cylindrical glass container with a pouring lip, used especially in laboratories.

Etymology

Origin of beaker

First recorded in 1300–50; alteration of Middle English biker, from Old Norse bikarr, from Old Saxon bikeri (compare Old High German bechari, German Becher, Dutch beker ), from unattested Latin bic(c)arium, -ius, of uncertain origin. See pitcher 1

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