Meaning & use
beaker
A cylindrical glass container with a lip, used in laboratories for mixing, heating, or measuring liquids.
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The chemistry student carefully poured the acid into a clean beaker.
Steam rose from the beaker as the solution was heated over the flame.
A note on using this word
Unlike a graduated cylinder, a beaker's markings are only approximate and not meant for precise measurement.
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