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noun
: a bell-shaped usually glass vessel designed to cover objects or to contain gases or a vacuum
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In another, new lab, superfluid helium simmered inside a silvered bell jar.
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Quanta Magazine, 12 Dec. 2022
To easily fill, hold the cloche or bell jar upside down and fill with pumpkins.
—Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 14 Sep. 2022
But Beijing’s vow to keep the city in a political bell jar for 50 years has been shattered.
—New York Times, 30 June 2022
Again: What works within the humid environment under a bell jar or inside a narrow-mouthed lab flask is quite different from what flourishes in an open bowl or an uncovered fish tank.
—New York Times, 26 Nov. 2021
The problem is the dramatic vacuum, or suffocating bell jar, in which her performance plays out.
—Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 4 Nov. 2021
Kristen made everything better, her confidence like a bell jar of security in a strange and gnarled world.
—Rachel Epstein, Marie Claire, 26 July 2021
Bird and Feather Templates A bell jar gives a no-carve pumpkin, with bird and feather designs, the star treatment.
—Country Living Staff, Country Living, 23 June 2020
Eileen Roscina Richardson applies the ancient art of natural tree shaping to fungi, using light exposure to make her plants grow in zig-zag patterns, and then places them under bell jars for public inspection.
—Ray Mark Rinaldi, The Know, 19 Nov. 2019
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Quanta Magazine, 12 Dec. 2022
To easily fill, hold the cloche or bell jar upside down and fill with pumpkins.
—Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 14 Sep. 2022
But Beijing’s vow to keep the city in a political bell jar for 50 years has been shattered.
—New York Times, 30 June 2022
Again: What works within the humid environment under a bell jar or inside a narrow-mouthed lab flask is quite different from what flourishes in an open bowl or an uncovered fish tank.
—New York Times, 26 Nov. 2021
The problem is the dramatic vacuum, or suffocating bell jar, in which her performance plays out.
—Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 4 Nov. 2021
Kristen made everything better, her confidence like a bell jar of security in a strange and gnarled world.
—Rachel Epstein, Marie Claire, 26 July 2021
Bird and Feather Templates A bell jar gives a no-carve pumpkin, with bird and feather designs, the star treatment.
—Country Living Staff, Country Living, 23 June 2020
Eileen Roscina Richardson applies the ancient art of natural tree shaping to fungi, using light exposure to make her plants grow in zig-zag patterns, and then places them under bell jars for public inspection.
—Ray Mark Rinaldi, The Know, 19 Nov. 2019
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Word History
First Known Use
1806, in the meaning defined above
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“Bell jar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bell%20jar. Accessed 7 Feb. 2023.
Kids Definition
bell jar
noun
: a bell-shaped usually glass container, designed to cover objects, hold gases, or keep a vacuum
Medical Definition
bell jar
noun
: a bell-shaped usually glass vessel designed to cover objects or to contain gases or a vacuum
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