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beehive shelf

beehive shelf noun: a round piece of laboratory equipment used mostly in school demonstrations to support a gas jar whilst a gas is being collected over water.

Noun

beehive shelf (plural beehive shelves)

  1. A round piece of laboratory equipment used mostly in school demonstrations to support a gas jar whilst a gas is being collected over water.

beehive shelf meaning in Tamil

beehive shelf in Tamil

துளைமேடை

Forms of beehive shelf

pluralbeehive shelves

Origin of beehive shelf

The squat circular shape resembles early beehives called skeps.

Questions about beehive shelf

What does beehive shelf mean?
Beehive shelf means a round piece of laboratory equipment used mostly in school demonstrations to support a gas jar whilst a gas is being collected over water.
What is beehive shelf in Tamil?
Beehive shelf in Tamil is துளைமேடை. See Beehive shelf meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is beehive shelf?
Beehive shelf is a noun.
What is the plural of beehive shelf?
The plural of beehive shelf is beehive shelves.

Words near beehive shelf in the dictionary

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  2. beehive coal
  3. beehive of activity
  4. beehive quern
  5. beehive querns
  6. beehive shelf
  7. beehive shelves
  8. Beehive State
  9. Beehive Stater
  10. beehive tomb
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Adapted from Wiktionary: beehive shelf (page history and authors); beehive shelf (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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