beaker

[ bee-ker ]

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

/ 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

beaker

/ bē′kər /

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of beaker¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of beaker¹

C14: from Old Norse bikarr ; related to Old High German behhāri , Middle Dutch bēker beaker, Greek bikos earthenware jug

Example Sentences

The researchers collected seeds and placed them onto special brown paper, which was then rolled into a cigar shape and stored upright in narrow glass beakers.

From Science Daily

The use of carinated beakers to store and serve dairy products was particularly common in burials near the circular enclosure of Pömmelte.

From Science Daily

Other students recorded the snake’s behavior while Hayes hooked, pinned, grabbed, and eventually extracted venom from the snake, by compelling it to bite a parafilm-covered beaker.

From Science Magazine

Friends navigate love and friendship, describing each other as “my brother from another beaker.”

From Seattle Times

The expertise of the Noël group is in flow chemistry, a novel way of performing chemistry where a system of small, flexible tubes replaces beakers, flasks and other traditional chemistry tools.

From Science Daily

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