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bell jar
noun
: a bell-shaped usually glass vessel designed to cover objects or to contain gases or a vacuum
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The records inside will be in a protective metal bell jar with an air pocket designed to guard against moisture.
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Joe Brandt, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
Showcase miniature pumpkins in an elegant fashion with a bell jar or cloche.
—Emily Williams, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Oct. 2025
Its ringing, however, is now barely audible beneath the glass bell jar protecting the experiment.
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 Oct. 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
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Joe Brandt, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
Showcase miniature pumpkins in an elegant fashion with a bell jar or cloche.
—Emily Williams, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Oct. 2025
Its ringing, however, is now barely audible beneath the glass bell jar protecting the experiment.
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 Oct. 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
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bell jar
noun
: a bell-shaped usually glass vessel designed to cover objects or to contain gases or a vacuum
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