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Flask vs Beaker - What's the difference?

flask | beaker |

As nouns the difference between flask and beaker

is that flask is pork (meat of a pig) while beaker is a flat-bottomed vessel, with a lip, used as a laboratory container.

flask

English

(wikipedia flask)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A narrow-necked vessel of metal or glass, used for various purposes; as of sheet metal, to carry gunpowder in; or of wrought iron, to contain quicksilver; or of glass, to heat water in, etc.
  • A container used to discreetly carry a small amount of a hard alcoholic beverage; a pocket flask.
  • (sciences) Laboratory glassware used to hold larger volumes than test tubes, normally having a narrow mouth of a standard size which widens to a flat or spherical base.
  • (engineering) A container for holding a casting mold, especially for sand casting molds.
  • A bed in a gun carriage.
  • (Bailey)

    beaker

    English

    (wikipedia beaker)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A flat-bottomed vessel, with a lip, used as a laboratory container.
  • A drinking vessel without a handle, sometimes for the use of children.
  • A mug.
  • Synonyms

    * (drinking vessel without a handle) glass (2nd definition)

    Derived terms

    * beaker people

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