Usually means: Culture container for biological research.
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General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. petri dish: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. petri dish: Merriam-Webster
  3. petri dish: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. petri dish: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. Petri dish: Collins English Dictionary
  6. Petri dish: Vocabulary.com
  7. petri dish: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Petri dish, petri dish: Wiktionary
  9. petri dish: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. petri dish: Dictionary.com
  11. petri dish: Online Etymology Dictionary
  12. Petri dish: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Petri dish: Rhymezone
  14. Petri Dish: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  15. petri dish: FreeDictionary.org
  16. petri dish: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. petri dish: TheFreeDictionary.com
  18. petri dish: Infoplease Dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Petri-dish, petri dish: Encyclopedia

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Petri dish: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Petri-dish, Petri dish: Medical dictionary
  5. Petri dish: Whonamedit.com

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. petri dish: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Petri dish)

noun:  A shallow glass dish, with a loose-fitting cover, used to culture bacteria.
noun:  Alternative spelling of Petri dish [A shallow glass dish, with a loose-fitting cover, used to culture bacteria.]

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