beaker
11beaker — n. 1 a tall drinking vessel, usu. of plastic and tumbler shaped. 2 a lipped cylindrical glass vessel for scientific experiments. 3 archaic or literary a large drinking vessel with a wide mouth. Phrases and idioms: Beaker Folk Archaeol. a people… …
12beaker — [14] The immediate source of beaker was Old Norse bikarr. It is widespread in the West Germanic languages (German has becher, for instance), and it seems likely that Old Norse acquired it from Old Saxon bikeri. But it was borrowed into… …
13beaker — 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 …
14beaker — /ˈbikə / (say beekuh) noun 1. a large drinking vessel with a wide mouth. 2. the contents of a beaker. 3. a flat bottomed cylindrical vessel usually having a pouring lip, used in laboratories. {Middle English biker, from Old Norse bikarr, from… …
15beaker — cheminė stiklinė statusas T sritis chemija apibrėžtis Laboratorinis indas skysčiams laikyti, šildyti ir reakcijoms atlikti. atitikmenys: angl. beaker rus. химический стакан …
16beaker — [14] The immediate source of beaker was Old Norse bikarr. It is widespread in the West Germanic languages (German has becher, for instance), and it seems likely that Old Norse acquired it from Old Saxon bikeri. But it was borrowed into… …
17Beaker Street — with Clyde Clifford was the first underground music program broadcast regularly on a commercial AM radio station in the central US.fact|date=July 2008 Beaker Street began on Little Rock, Arkansas clear channel, 50,000 watt AM radio station KAAY… …
18Beaker (Muppet) — Beaker is a Muppet from The Muppet Show , played by Richard Hunt. He is the long running assistant of Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, and is likewise named for a piece of laboratory equipment. In the first season of The Muppet Show , Honeydew worked alone.… …
19Beaker (musician) — Beaker is a pseudonym for David Strasser, a Christian songwriter and musician well known for his collaborations with artist Rich Mullins. He received his nickname as a young man, when friends said he looked like Beaker the Muppet. When Beaker was …
20Beaker culture — The Bell Beaker culture (sometimes shortened to Beaker culture, Beaker people, or Beaker folk; de. Glockenbecherkultur), ca. 2800 ndash; 1900 BC, is the term for a widely scattered cultural phenomenon of prehistoric western Europe starting in the …
