Flask vs Beaker - What's the difference?
flask | beaker |
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.
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.
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)- (Bailey)