bell jar

noun

: a bell-shaped usually glass vessel designed to cover objects or to contain gases or a vacuum

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Its ringing, however, is now barely audible beneath the glass bell jar protecting the experiment. IEEE Spectrum, 2 Oct. 2025 Place small gourds or pumpkins on the moss and top with a bell jar. Savanna Bous, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Sep. 2025 This slogan of affirmation is uttered by Christopher Lloyd’s Professor Orloff — a talking head preserved in a bell jar — at a body-parts support group attended by Thing, the Addams’s right-hand hand. Tom Gliatto, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2025 Greenwood and Spencer collaborated with Swarovski to build the film’s crystal bell jar. Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 22 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for bell jar

Word History

First Known Use

1806, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of bell jar was in 1806

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“Bell jar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bell%20jar. Accessed 11 Oct. 2025.

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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