- beaker beak·er n
- ['biːkə(r)]
coppa, Chem becher m inv
English-Italian dictionary. 2013.
English-Italian dictionary. 2013.
Beaker — Beak er (b[=e]k [ e]r), n. [OE. biker; akin to Icel. bikarr, Sw. b[ a]gare, Dan. baeger, G. becher, It. bicchiere; all fr. LL. bicarium, prob. fr. Gr. bi^kos wine jar, or perh. L. bacar wine vessel. Cf. {Pitcher} a jug.] 1. A large drinking cup,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Beak|er — «BEE kuhr», noun. 1. a large cup or drinking glass with a wide mouth: »a full beaker of wine. SYNONYM(S): goblet. 2. a thin glass or metal cup used especially in laboratories. A beaker has a flat bottom, no handle, and often a small lip for… … Useful english dictionary
beak|er — «BEE kuhr», noun. 1. a large cup or drinking glass with a wide mouth: »a full beaker of wine. SYNONYM(S): goblet. 2. a thin glass or metal cup used especially in laboratories. A beaker has a flat bottom, no handle, and often a small lip for… … Useful english dictionary
beaker — open large mouthed vessel, mid 14c., from O.N. bikarr or M.Du. beker goblet, probably (with O.S. bikeri, O.H.G. behhari, Ger. Becher) from M.L. bicarium, which itself is probably a dim. of Gk. bikos earthenware jug, wine jar (said to be an… … Etymology dictionary
beaker — beak•er [[t]ˈbi kər[/t]] n. 1) cer a large drinking cup or glass with a wide mouth 2) the contents of a beaker 3) chem. a cuplike container esp. one used in a laboratory • Etymology: 1300–50; alter. of ME biker … From formal English to slang
beaker — beak|er [ bikər ] noun count 1. ) a plastic cup with straight sides used for drinking 2. ) a glass or plastic container with straight sides that is used in a laboratory … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
beaker — beak·er … English syllables
beak — I. /bik / (say beek) noun 1. the horny bill of a bird. 2. the membranous mouthparts of the platypus and protruding jaws of certain whales and dolphins. 3. Colloquial a person s nose. 4. anything beak like or ending in a point, as the lip of a… …
beaker — A thin glass vessel, with a lip (beak) for pouring, used as containers for liquids. * * * bea·ker bē kər n a deep widemouthed thin walled vessel usu. with a lip for pouring that is used esp. in science laboratories … Medical dictionary
beakerful — beakˈerful noun (pl beakˈerfuls) As much as fills a beaker • • • Main Entry: ↑beaker … Useful english dictionary
Debeaking — A White Leghorn pullet with a trimmed beak … Wikipedia