🧫 Petri Dish emoji meaning
🧫 shows a petri dish, a shallow round dish used to grow bacteria or cells. It stands for microbiology, lab cultures and germs. People also use it jokingly for something gross, like old food growing mold in the fridge.
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🧫 How people use it
- Biology or microbiology lab work
- Talking about germs, bacteria or viruses
- Joking about moldy food or a dirty surface
Example messages
Cultures are growing nicely in the lab 🧫
Found a container in the back of the fridge, it's basically a 🧫 now
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Emoji details
| Name | petri dish |
|---|---|
| Codepoints | U+1F9EB |
| Category | Objects |
| Keywords | bacteria, biologist, biology, culture, dish, lab, petri |
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What does the 🧫 petri dish emoji mean?
🧫 shows a petri dish, a shallow round dish used to grow bacteria or cells. It stands for microbiology, lab cultures and germs. People also use it jokingly for something gross, like old food growing mold in the fridge.
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