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Word entry · 6 letters

beaker

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"Lab cup"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈbiːkə(ɹ)/Part of speech nounSorted abeekrStarts with BEnds with R1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a cup (usually without a handle)

Word origin

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”).

Used in a sentence

  • 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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