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Definition of Beaker
1. Noun. A flatbottomed jar made of glass or plastic; used for chemistry.
2. Noun. A cup (usually without a handle).
Definition of Beaker
1. n. A large drinking cup, with a wide mouth, supported on a foot or standard.
Definition of Beaker
1. Noun. A flat-bottomed vessel, with a lip, used as a laboratory container. ¹
2. Noun. A drinking vessel without a handle, sometimes for the use of children. ¹
3. Noun. A mug. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Beaker
1. a large cup [n -S]
Medical Definition of Beaker
1. A thin glass vessel, with a lip (beak) for pouring, used as containers for liquids. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Beaker
Literary usage of Beaker
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1915)
"This flue is not necessary when the lamp is used in connection with the beaker
described Fig. 2. above. When used without the beaker, however, ..."
2. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1906)
"One fragment of beaker type was found in the rampart, four pieces at the bottom
of the ditch with Bronze Age relics, and three at a higher level in the ..."
3. The Chief Elizabethan Dramatists, Excluding Shakespeare by William Allan Neilson (1911)
"A silver and gilt beaker : I 've a trick iv To work upon that beaker, sure Ч will
fret him ; It cannot choose but тех him. ..."
4. Official Methods of Analysis by Society of Leather Trades' Chemists (1920)
"After the last extraction, transfer the entire contents of each beaker o ...
Decant onto an 18 cm. filter paper, receiving the filtrate in cc. beaker. ..."
5. Standard Methods of Chemical Analysis: A Manual of Analytical Methods and by Wilfred Welday Scott (1922)
"The contents of the beaker are cautiously heated until frothing is nearly ...
The cover glass and sides of the beaker are cleaned with a few cc. of water ..."
6. Chemical News and Journal of Physical Science (1870)
"T is next transferred to small beaker glasses, and some 2 or 3 cc of nitric acid,
of rz specific gravity, are added, along with about io to 15 drops of ..."
7. Soils and Fertilizers by Harry Snyder (1908)
"The contents of the mortar are then transferred to the beaker and ... tO nearly
fi\\ tne beaker. The contents of the beaker are thoroughly stirred, ..."
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