Beaker
['biːkə] or ['bikɚ]
Definition
(noun.) a cup (usually without a handle).
(noun.) a flatbottomed jar made of glass or plastic; used for chemistry.
Editor: Pratt--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A large drinking cup, with a wide mouth, supported on a foot or standard.
(n.) An open-mouthed, thin glass vessel, having a projecting lip for pouring; -- used for holding solutions requiring heat.
Editor: Moore
Definition
n. a large drinking-bowl or cup or its contents: a glass vessel marked for measuring liquids with a beak or pointed mouth used by chemists.
Typed by Ewing
Examples
- We placed legs on an inverted beaker, and held the two ends of the wires on glass rods eight inches long. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- After the bulb has been filled with the mercury, it is placed in a beaker of water and the water is heated by a Bunsen burner. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Well, if you don't mind, we'll have the beaker, and pass 'en round; 'tis better than heling it out in dribbles. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Find some beakers, Barto. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
Typed by Carolyn