beaker
noun
a large drinking cup or glass with a wide mouth.
beakers
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pluralof beaker.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Its lab, with a row of bikes parked inside the front door, hums quietly with workers in protective gear moving between beakers, kilns and mineral samples being tested for durability and composition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 10, 2025
The use of carinated beakers to store and serve dairy products was particularly common in burials near the circular enclosure of Pömmelte.
From Science Daily ● May 21, 2024
They also delivered more than two times the venom by weight into the beakers, even though they were on average about 21% smaller than the mainland snakes.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 3, 2024
Numerous studies have found that students—even those from non-Western cultures—view scientists as white, male, and wearing a white lab coat, while holding chemistry glassware such as beakers or flasks.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 8, 2023
All laboratory beakers in the room were made of plastic.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
