pipette

noun

pi·​pette pī-ˈpet 

variants or less commonly pipet

: a small piece of apparatus which typically consists of a narrow tube into which fluid is drawn by suction (as for dispensing or measurement) and retained by closing the upper end

pipette verb

or less commonly pipet

Examples of pipette in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Shelby, their brother and mother stayed with Ditto throughout the night, manually giving her water through a pipette. —Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Aug. 2025

If that didn’t prevent the irritation, the protists used their cilia to spit water at the pipette. —Claire L. Evans, Quanta Magazine, 30 July 2025

There are a few shelves of bottles with pipettes in them, like the lair of some sort of mad apothecary. —Nick Miller, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025

The kit comes with packs of soy wax, gorgeous black candle jars and tin cans, seven fragrance oils, 10 dye blocks, beautiful candle labels, wicks, glue dots, a melting pot, pipettes, a stirring spoon and more. —Nora Colomer, Fox News, 21 Mar. 2025

Word History

Etymology

French pipette, diminutive of pipe pipe, cask, from Vulgar Latin *pipa, *pippa pipe

First Known Use

1839, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for pipette

• abet
• asset
• baguette
• banquette
• barbette
• beget
• beset
• brevet
• briquette
• brunet
• brunette
• burette

Kids Definition

pipette

noun

pi·​pette pī-ˈpet 

: a device for measuring and transferring small volumes of liquid that typically consists of a narrow glass tube into which the liquid is drawn by suction and kept by blocking the upper end

pipette verb

Medical Definition

pipette

noun

pi·​pette

variants also pipet

pī-ˈpet 

: a small piece of apparatus which typically consists of a narrow tube into which fluid is drawn by suction (as for dispensing or measurement) and retained by closing the upper end

pipette verb

also pipet

pipetted; pipetting