cuvette
- noun
- /kjuˈvɛt/
- Archaic
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cuvette
- The museum displayed a silver cuvette once used for ceremonial washing.
Examples
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In the old kitchen, a porcelain cuvette sat next to the main sink.
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The museum displayed a silver cuvette once used for ceremonial washing.
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He carefully poured the solution into the cuvette for the experiment.
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The scientist placed the liquid in a cuvette.
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She washed the cuvette carefully after the experiment.
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In the old kitchen, a porcelain cuvette sat next to the main sink.
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He carefully poured the solution into the cuvette for the experiment.
Synonyms
370
1.0
A round deep dish with an open top used to hold food or liquid
57
3.2
A container that holds liquids like a bowl or cup
12
1.0
A wide, round container with sloping sides for holding water or food
A small jar that holds liquids like oil or water
How Deep
Surface Forms
Morphology
cuvette = cuve + ette
The suffix '-ette' signals a diminutive 'small' which helps infer the general sense, but the root 'cuve' is a French borrow and is not a productive English base, so the full meaning is not entirely derivable by learners.
Etymology
The word cuvette comes from the French cuve meaning 'vat' or 'tub' and the ending -ette meaning 'small', so it literally means a 'small tub'. That's why a cuvette can mean a small basin or shallow bowl used for holding or washing liquids.