Noun: beaker
| Singular | beaker |
| Plural | beakers |
Sample Sentences
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The beakers of mead spilled in huge puddles. [1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 30:]
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[…] at every meal break he shambled into the galley black-fingered and smelling of engine-grease and concrete floors, to contemplate over his meal the beakers at their round tables chatting away, completely oblivious […] [2008, Kim Stanley Robinson, Antarctica, page 52:]
Nouns inflected like beaker
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. From Middle English bekyr, biker, from Old Norse bikarr (“cup”), from Old Saxon bikeri (“cup”), from Proto-West Germanic *bikārī, from Late Latin bīcārium (“wine vat, jug”), of disputed origin. Possibly from Ancient Greek βῖκος (bîkos, “earthenware jug, wine jar”), or from Latin bacarium (“wine vat, vase”).
2. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Bieker (“mug, cup, beaker”), Dutch beker (“beaker, cup”), German Becher (“beaker, cup, goblet”), Danish bæger (“beaker”), Italian bicchiere (“cup, glass (for drink)”). Doublet of pitcher. See: Old Norse Nouns '
bikarr', Ancient Greek Nouns '
βῖκος', Latin Nouns '
bacarium', Dutch Nouns '
beker', German Nouns '
Becher', Danish Nouns '
bæger', Italian Nouns '
bicchiere'.
Verbs referencing "beaker"
Italian Nouns
bicchiere, Dutch Nouns
beker, German Nouns
Becher, Danish Nouns
bæger.