English

An Erlenmeyer flask.

Noun

Erlenmeyer flask ‎(plural Erlenmeyer flasks)

1. (chemistry) A glass laboratory flask of a conical profile with a narrow tubular neck and a flat bottom, used to manipulate solutions, or to carry out titrations.
   • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 265:

     An assistant arrived with a wheeled cart bearing coffee in an Erlenmeyer flask, cups, and a plate of strange muffins.

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Synonyms

• conical flask