beaker

  • 21Beaker (glassware) — Infobox Laboratory equipment name = Beaker |thumb|200px caption = Beakers of several sizes uses = Liquid volume containment and measurement related = FleakerA beaker is a simple container for stirring, mixing and heating liquids commonly used in… …

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  • 22beaker people — noun plural see beaker folk * * * Beaker Folk or Beaker People, a prehistoric group of European people before the Bronze Age whose significant artifact was pottery in the shape of a bell or beaker. * * * Beaker People [Beaker People] …

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  • 23Beaker folk — /bee keuhr/ a late Neolithic to Copper Age people living in Europe, so called in reference to the bell beakers commonly found buried with their dead in barrows. Also called Beaker people. [1920 25] * * * ▪ people  Late Neolithic–Early Bronze Age… …

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  • 24Beaker (drinkware) — A beaker is a beverage container, and a term popular in the UK. A beaker is typically a non disposable plastic or ceramic cup or mug without a handle, much like a laboratory beaker.Beaker is particularly commonly used to describe a lidded cup… …

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  • 25Beaker (archaeology) — This type of beaker was first defined by Lord John Abercromby in the early twentieth century and comes in three distinct forms, the bell beaker and the rarer short necked and long necked beakers although there are many variations on these basic… …

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  • 26Beaker culture — Late Neolithic and early Bronze Age culture of northern and western Europe. The people are known for a group of distinctive bell shaped earthenware beakers decorated with toothed stamps, probably used in rituals of consumption. The Beaker people… …

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  • 27Beaker, cultura — Cultura del norte y oeste de Europa que se desarrolló a fines del período neolítico y principios de la edad del bronce. Es conocida por un conjunto de característicos tazones de barro acampanados y decorados con marcas dentadas, usados… …

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  • 28Beaker folk — plural noun a late Neolithic and early Bronze Age European people named after the distinctive waisted pots (Beaker ware) associated with their burials …

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  • 29beaker — noun Etymology: Middle English biker, from Old Norse bikarr, probably from Old Saxon bikeri, from Medieval Latin bicarium Date: 14th century 1. a large drinking cup that has a wide mouth and is sometimes supported on a standard 2. a deep …

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  • 30beaker — noun /ˈbiːkɚ/ a) A flat bottomed vessel, with a lip, used as a laboratory container. b) A drinking vessel without a handle, sometimes for the use of children. Syn: glass …

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