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burette

/bjʊəˈɹɛt//bjʊˈɹɛt/

burette noun: a glass tube with fine gradations and a stopcock at the bottom, used in laboratory procedures for accurate fluid dispensing and titration.

burette: a glass tube with fine gradations and a stopcock at the bottom, used in laboratory procedures for...
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Noun

burette (plural burettes)

  1. A glass tube with fine gradations and a stopcock at the bottom, used in laboratory procedures for accurate fluid dispensing and titration.
  2. An altar cruet.

burette meaning in Tamil, Arabic, Malay and Indonesian

burette in Tamil

அளவி, அளவு குழாய், சொட்டளவி, வடியளவைக் குழாய், அளவீட்டு வடிகுழாய்

burette in Arabic

glass tube with fine gradations and a stopcock used for titration, etc.
سَحَّاحَة saḥḥāḥa

burette in Malay

glass tube with fine gradations and a stopcock used for titration, etc.
buret

burette in Indonesian

glass tube with fine gradations and a stopcock used for titration, etc.
buret

Forms of burette

pluralburettes
alternative formburet

Origin of burette

Borrowed from French burette.

Questions about burette

What does burette mean?
Burette means a glass tube with fine gradations and a stopcock at the bottom, used in laboratory procedures for accurate fluid dispensing and titration.
What is burette in Tamil?
Burette in Tamil is அளவி, அளவு குழாய், சொட்டளவி. See Burette meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is burette?
Burette is a noun.
How do you pronounce burette?
Burette is pronounced /bjʊəˈɹɛt/ (UK).
What is the plural of burette?
The plural of burette is burettes.

Words near burette in the dictionary

  1. Bures St Mary
  2. Buresh
  3. Bureshes
  4. buret
  5. burets
  6. burette
  7. burettes
  8. Bureya
  9. burfee
  10. burfees
  11. burfi

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Adapted from Wiktionary: burette (page history and authors); burette (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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