bell jar

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsbell glass

   Broaderprotective covering

Questions about bell jar

What does bell jar mean?

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

What is another word for bell jar?

Close synonyms include bell glass. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bell jar a common word?

bell jar is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.