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/ˈbiːkə(ɹ)/ · noun
A flat-bottomed, straight-sided, glass vessel, with a lip and often a small spout, used as a laboratory container..
The beakers of mead spilled in huge puddles.
[…] 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 […]
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Beaker means A flat-bottomed, straight-sided, glass vessel, with a lip and often a small spout, used as a laboratory container..
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The beakers of mead spilled in huge puddles.
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