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.

Also called bell glass.

Origin of bell jar

First recorded in 1875–80

Words nearby bell jar

bell curve, bell frog, bell gardens, bell heather, bell housing, bell jar, bell jar, the, bell lap, bell magpie, bell metal, bell moth

Definition for bell glass (2 of 2)

Bell Jar, The

noun

a novel (1963) by Sylvia Plath.

Example sentences from the Web for bell glass

The filtrate is then placed under a bell-jar over concentrated sulphuric acid until its volume is considerably reduced.

Legal Chemistry |A. Naquet
Next fill a bell-jar full of steam, and electrify, paying attention to insulation of the supply point in this case.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 443, June 28, 1884 |Various
I also left others in a watch-glass, which was placed under a bell-jar enclosing several ferns.

Parasites |T. Spencer Cobbold
Sometimes it will be necessary to cover the plant with a bell-jar in order to prevent it from drying before the spores are shed.

Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. |George Francis Atkinson

By the vivid combustion of phosphorus in a stream of dry atmospheric air, or under a bell-jar, copiously supplied with dry air.

Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II |Arnold Cooley

British Dictionary definitions for bell glass

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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bell jar

noun

Origin of bell jar

Words nearby bell jar

Definition for bell glass (2 of 2)

noun

Example sentences from the Web for bell glass

British Dictionary definitions for bell glass

noun