bell jar

noun

A piece of laboratory equipment used for creating vacuums, often made of glass in a bell-like shape.

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bell glass
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Meanings

nounbell jar (plural bell jars)

plural bell jars

  1. A piece of laboratory equipment used for creating vacuums, often made of glass in a bell-like shape.
  2. A bell-shaped glass used to cover and protect items such as food.

Synonyms & antonyms

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

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bell glass
Broader
protective coveringprotective coverprotection

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Catalan formatgera
  • formatgeraglass to cover items
Dutch stolp, stolp
  • stolplaboratory equipment
  • stolpglass to cover items
Finnish lasikello, lasikupu
  • lasikellolaboratory equipment
  • lasikupulaboratory equipment
  • lasikupuglass to cover items
German Vakuumglocke, Glasglocke
  • Vakuumglockelaboratory equipment
  • Glasglockelaboratory equipment
  • Glassturzglass to cover items
  • Glasglockeglass to cover items
  • Glashaubeglass to cover items
  • Käseglockeglass to cover items
  • Glockeglass to cover items
  • Haubeglass to cover items
Polish dzwon szklany, pokrywka
  • dzwon szklanylaboratory equipment
  • pokrywkaglass to cover items
Portuguese campânula
  • campânulalaboratory equipment
Swedish glaskupa, glasklocka
  • glaskupaglass to cover items
  • glasklockaglass to cover items
Cite this entry
APA

bell jar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bell%20jar

MLA

“bell jar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bell%20jar. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bell jar,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bell%20jar.

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