BELL JAR Definition & Meaning

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.

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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Origin of bell jar¹

First recorded in 1875–80

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When I'm in the bell jar, as I majorly have been for the last two months, the more I sit around and just wallow in sadness, the worse I feel.

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Other local brands on the shelves crammed with bell jars and vintage microscopes include packets of Anderson Valley Reserve flower, hash and live rosin badder from Heritage Hash Co.

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Gia gazed at the angry red Quassia in the bell jar.

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A single branch of cotton housed in a bell jar atop a plinth, it’s also high-level trolling at its finest.

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But Beijing’s vow to keep the city in a political bell jar for 50 years has been shattered.

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