noun
beaker
BEE-ker/ˈbiːkər/
An open, wide-mouthed vessel for holding liquid.
Blue liquid fills part of the wide-mouthed glass beaker.
Etymology
The older word meant a goblet, with either Dutch or Norse as its source. The name of this drinking vessel later extended to a similar glass container used in laboratories.
In context
holding up a glass beaker and watching the reaction of something he poured into it
More examples
- The laboratory shelf holds several clean beakers.
- The museum displays a decorated drinking beaker.
- She stirs the mixture carefully inside the beaker.
Forms
beaker · beakers