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beaker Definition

beaker (bēkər)

noun

  1. a large or ornate cup; goblet
  2. a jarlike container of glass or metal with a lip for pouring, used by chemists, druggists, etc.
  3. the contents or capacity of a beaker

Etymology: ME biker < ON bikarr, a cup < VL bicarium < ? Gr bikos, vessel with handles

beaker Synonyms

beaker

n.

goblet, stein, glass, measuring cup; see cup.

beaker Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • water: It is easy to put the syringe in a beaker of water which at least slows down the rate of warming up.

Converse of object

  • fill: Fill a large beaker about ¾ full with distilled water ( not tap water ).
  • find: The other notable discovery was the small, clay beaker found in Cueva Valline.
  • use: Alternatively: use a beaker of water heated over a bunsen burner.
  • have: Ask the children whether we need to have one beaker with no insulation and what information would this give us.
  • include: The price of the day included a plastic beaker stenciled with the Bonanza day and the Derbyshire Beaver Birthday mascot Furry Fred.
  • funnel: G24 YBB Pit F13 C1065 Find no 4124 One fragment of everted closed tubular rim from a funnel beaker.

Adjective modifier

  • plastic: Drinks may be served in plastic beakers not glass, particularly around swimming pools.
  • small: Collect the treated milk in a small beaker 13.
  • large: Fill a large beaker about ¾ full with distilled water ( not tap water ).

Modifies a noun

  • burial: This area is Barrow - or Bury - Hills, where Bronze Age beaker burials took place.
  • subject: Thanking you, Beaker From: Barrister John Bernard To: Beaker Subject: PLEASE TAKE MY ADVICE!
  • pottery: Excavations by Thurman in 1859 cleared nearly half of the infill and uncovered 1 chamber with several burials and beaker pottery within.
  • cup: If your child has a favorite bottle or beaker cup you may like to bring it with you.

Noun used with modifier

  • ml: The first will comprise of the temperature of two 500 ml beakers being taken every minute for 15 minutes overall.
  • circus: We were filmed making Eighteenth Dynasty core formed glass for the program on Egypt, and mold blown circus beakers for the Roman program.
  • glass: Rude Boy 24-05-2003, 17:48 Yeah, I took about fifty digital camera pictures of tea diffusing in a glass beaker.
  • plastic: Method: Put some raisins in the bottom of a clear plastic beaker.
  • pottery: This is a great little pottery beaker produced for the coronation of queen Elizabeth in 1953.
  • silver: Norwich Silver: Elizabethan Norwich silver beaker by William Cobbold, 1570 - 1595.
beaker Quotes

O, for a draught of vintage! that hath been Cooled a long age in the deep-delved earth, Tasting of Flora and the country green, Dance, and Proven c° al song, and sunburnt mirth! O for a beaker full of the warm South, Full of the true, the blushful Hippocrene, With beaded bubbles winking at the brim, And purple-stained mouth; That I might drink, and leave the world unseen, And with thee fade away into the forest dim.

—Keats,John

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