diving bell

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   diving apparatus for underwater work; has an open bottom and is supplied with compressed air

   Broadersubmersible

Questions about diving bell

What does diving bell mean?

diving bell means "diving apparatus for underwater work; has an open bottom and is supplied with compressed air".

Is diving bell a common word?

diving bell is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.