BEAKER


Meaning of BEAKER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈbi:kə ]

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. øBeaker Folk Archaeol. a people thought to have come to Britain from Central Europe in the early Bronze Age, named after beaker-shaped pottery found in their graves. [ME f. ON bikarr, perh. f. Gk bikos drinking-bowl]

English main colloquial, spoken dictionary.      Английский основной разговорный словарь.