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noun

beaker

a flatbottomed jar made of glass or plastic; used for chemistry

In a sentence

Six example sentences with beaker, each labelled with its topic.

  • She poured the blue solution into a beaker, set it on the hotplate, and waited for the first bubbles.

    Science

  • The pastry chef measures cream in a tall beaker marked in millilitres, because cups are useless for this custard.

    Cooking

  • Each sample arrives in a sealed beaker, labelled with a barcode the analyser reads before the test begins.

    Medicine

  • In the darkroom she mixed developer in a plastic beaker, checking the temperature before pouring it over the film.

    Photography

  • The alchemy screen shows a bubbling beaker, and dragging three herbs into it produces a potion or a puff of smoke.

    Gaming

  • Every mad scientist set needs a beaker of colored water fizzing on a burner, though nothing in it is real.

    Movies

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