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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A wide cylindrical glass vessel with a pouring lip, used as a laboratory container and mixing jar.
  2. n. A large drinking cup with a wide mouth.
  3. n. The quantity that a beaker holds.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A large drinking-vessel with a wide mouth.
  2. n. A glass vessel used by chemists, usually for making solutions. It is made of thin glass to withstand heating, and has a flat bottom and perpendicular sides, with a lip for pouring, and varies in capacity from 1 to 30 fluidounces.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A flat-bottomed vessel, with a lip, used as a laboratory container.
  2. n. A drinking vessel without a handle, sometimes for the use of children.
  3. n. A mug.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. A large drinking cup, with a wide mouth, supported on a foot or standard.
  2. n. An open-mouthed, thin glass vessel, having a projecting lip for pouring; -- used for holding solutions requiring heat.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a flatbottomed jar made of glass or plastic; used for chemistry
  2. n. a cup (usually without a handle)

Etymologies

  1. From Middle English biker, from Old Norse bikarr ("cup"), from Old Saxon bikeri ("cup"), from West Germanic bikari (“beaker”), from Late Latin bīcārium ("wine vat, jug"), of disputed origin. Possibly from Ancient Greek βίκος (bíkos, "earthenware jug, wine jar"), or from Latin bacarium ("wine vat, vase"). Cognate with Dutch beker ("beaker, cup"), German Becher ("beaker, cup, goblet"), Danish bæger ("beaker"), Italian bicchiere ("cup, glass (for drink)"). See also pitcher. (Wiktionary)
  2. Middle English biker and Middle Dutch bēker, drinking vessel, both from Medieval Latin bicārius, bicārium; see pitcher2. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  1. glass

hypernyms (2)

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  1. jar
  1. cup

same context (22)

Words that are found in similar contexts

  1. goblet
  2. mug
  3. flask
  4. tumbler
  1. tankard
  2. flagon
  3. decanter
  4. sip
  1. keg
  2. jar
  3. saucer
  4. vat
  1. bowl
  2. gulp
  3. platter
  4. swallow
  1. bottle
  2. pint
  3. cans
  4. mouthful
  1. container
  2. bucket

rhymes (12)

Words with the same terminal sound

  1. Speaker
  2. bleaker
  1. leaker
  2. meaker
  1. meeker
  2. seeker
  1. sleeker
  2. sneaker
  1. speaker
  2. squeaker
  1. streaker
  2. weaker

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Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. horn
  1. nap
  1. epichysis
  1. pencil-vase
  1. gassiot's cascade
  1. watch glass
  1. beaker
  1. graduate
  1. stoop

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  • sionnach Do I have to ship them to Guantanamo first, before locking them in a confined environment and applying heat? Jan 1, 2008

  • bilby "You want to know how two chemicals interact, do you ask them? No, they're going to lie through their lying little chemical teeth. Throw them in a beaker and apply heat."
    - website, Eli Baskin, cited 30 Dec 2007. Jan 1, 2008

  • reesetee Sidekick to Dr. Bunsen Honeydew. (I once had a bird named after Beaker--he acted much like his namesake most of the time.) Dec 17, 2007

  • sonofgroucho My favourite Muppet. Jan 31, 2007

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