Beaker

Honeydew's anxious assistant

A beaker is a cylindrical glass or plastic container with a pouring lip, used in laboratories for mixing and measuring liquids.

The word also refers to any large drinking cup or mug, especially one with a wide mouth: She wrapped her hands around a beaker of hot cocoa.

In archaeology, beaker describes a type of prehistoric pottery vessel.

laboratory

flask

Portable liquid container

pipette · experiment · glassware · chemistry · scientist · reagent · solution · measurement · volumetric · borosilicate

drinking

cup

Small drinking container

  • tumblerFlat-bottomed drinking vessel
  • mugHandled cup for beverages
  • vesselReceptacle for contents

lid · sippy · toddler · plastic · handle · beverage · drink · container · measuring · kitchen

Muppet

scientist

One who studies nature

assistant · glasses · silent · slapstick · experiment · hapless · victim · comedy · Jim Henson · puppet

Categories
Opposites
muppet character type

BeakerKermit the Frog

Famous green felt amphibian

Miss Piggy · Statler · Waldorf

laboratory role

Beakerscientist

One who studies nature

researcher · experimenter · lab director · mad scientist

laboratory vessel type

Beakerpipette

Graduated liquid transfer tube

burette · graduated cylinder · ampule · syringe · Erlenmeyer flask

Phrases
Family

beak, beaked, beaks, beaklike

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G