burette
noun /bjʊəˈret/
/bjʊˈret/
(US English also buret)
- enlarge imagea glass tube with measurements on it and a tap at one end, used, for example, in chemical experiments for measuring out amounts of a liquidWord Originmid 19th cent.: from French, from buire ‘jug’, of Germanic origin; related to German Bauch ‘stomach’.