petri

CEFRB2

/pˈɛtri/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A shallow laboratory dish used for growing microorganisms.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Ellipsis of petri dish.

Examples

  • "Let me get a sample," and she transferred part to a petri dish.

  • My house is not a Petri dish!

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
2
Parts of speech
1
Synonyms
1

Also pronounced

  • /ˈpɛtɹi/
  • /ˈpiːtɹi/

Deep Dive

More examples

In context

  • Tom grew bacteria inside a Petri dish for a science project.

Synonyms

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The biologist used a sterile blank dish to grow the bacterial culture in the lab.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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