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beaker

noun

Definition of beaker

as in cup

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Recent Examples of beaker Cabinets for storage of glassware, and a general clutter of beakers, wiring, and machinery. — Natalia Sánchez Loayza, Scientific American, 5 Feb. 2026 Think of when oil and water are put in a beaker together. — Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 15 Jan. 2026 Inside a single-story brick building in Sorrento Mesa is a small lab sprinkled with beakers, test tubes and incubators that is worth billions of dollars. — Noelle Harff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2025 Drink options include the Green Dread – a bright green gin concoction served from a beaker – and the Bloodsucker, a rum and blackberry liqueur drink served with a dollop of dark red jello meant to look like a glob of blood. — Bailey Schulz, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for beaker

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Noun

Add vanilla and chocolate batters to prepared Bundt pan in 1/3-cup scoops, alternating batters for best distribution.

— Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 18 Sep. 2026
This craft set comes with a notepad, eraser, sticker sheet, three markers, and two pens, all packed inside a decorative ramen cup that doubles as a desk pen holder.

— Anja Webb, Parents, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of cup

Noun

Participants can take part in the town’s stein hoisting contest to see who can hold a full tankard of beer the longest.

— Erika Ebsworth-Goold, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2025
Mockrin references the tankard by painting the Sabine women in a color palette mimicking marble statuary or ivory carvings.

— Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025

Definition of tankard

Noun

Seashell cocktail goblets, sumptuous carpets, and soft fabric wall drapes in dreamy baby blue evoke silver screen-era Vegas.

— Clare Coulson, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Sep. 2026
Usher sweeps through the crowd, his security looking exasperated, with a goblet of cherries, trawling for women.

— Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of goblet

Noun

The priest reportedly sold them the chalice for $19,440, with the jeweler believing that the money was going to help the church’s finances, authorities said.

— Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2026
The Dundon family comprises the entire first two rows of names on the iconic chalice, even though Papa Dundon is the only one who holds a position within the organization.

— Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026

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