BELL JAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bell jar mean? 

• BELL JAR (noun)
  The noun BELL JAR has 1 sense:

1. a bell-shaped glass cover used to protect and display delicate objects or to cover scientific apparatus or to contain gases

  Familiarity information: BELL JAR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BELL JAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A bell-shaped glass cover used to protect and display delicate objects or to cover scientific apparatus or to contain gases

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

bell glass; bell jar

Hypernyms ("bell jar" is a kind of...):

protection; protective cover; protective covering (a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury)