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beak⋅er

  [bee-ker]
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–noun
1. a large drinking cup or glass with a wide mouth.
2. contents of a beaker: consuming a beaker of beer at one gulp.
3. a flat-bottomed cylindrical container, usually with a pouring lip, esp. one used in a laboratory.
–adjective
4. (initial capital letter) of or pertaining to the Beaker folk.
Origin:
1300–50; alter. of ME biker < ON bikarr < OS bikeri (cf. OHG bechari, G Becher, D beker) < L *bic(c)arium, -ius, of disputed orig. See pitcher 1
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beak·er   (bē'kər)   
n.  

  1. A wide cylindrical glass vessel with a pouring lip, used as a laboratory container and mixing jar.

  2. A large drinking cup with a wide mouth.

  3. The quantity that a beaker holds.


[Middle English biker and Middle Dutch bēker, drinking vessel, both from Medieval Latin bicārius, bicārium; see pitcher2.]
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: bea·ker
Pronunciation: 'bE-k&r
Function: noun
: a deep widemouthed thin-walled vessel with a lip for pouring that is used especiallyby chemists and pharmacists
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Science Dictionary
beaker   (bē'kər)  Pronunciation Key 
A wide, cylindrical glass container with a pouring lip, used especially in laboratories.
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