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bell jar
noun
- a bell-shaped glass jar or cover for protecting delicate instruments, bric-a-brac, or the like, or for containing gases or a vacuum in chemical experiments.
bell jar
noun
- a bell-shaped glass cover used to protect flower arrangements or fragile ornaments or to cover apparatus in experiments, esp to prevent gases escaping
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bell jar1
First recorded in 1875–80
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Example Sentences
However, as she feared, The Bell Jar appeared to indifferent notices and the launch—which Ted attended—was rather low-key.
From The Daily Beast
He was too busy watching something inside the bell jar even to notice that they existed.
From Project Gutenberg
Sounds continue to come from an alarm clock even though it is placed under a bell jar.
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A three-way tap is let horizontally into the vertical tube just above its junction with the bell jar.
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In the very middle of the bell-jar of visibility granted them all at once, stood a black rectangular object.
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A glass tube brings it into communication with a bell jar full of water on the shelf of the pneumatic trough.
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