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bell jar
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bell jar
n.
A cylindrical glass vessel with a rounded top and an open base, used to protect and display fragile objects or to establish a vacuum or a controlled atmosphere in scientific experiments.
bell jar
Noun
a bell-shaped glass cover used to protect flower arrangements or cover apparatus to confine gases in experiments
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Noun1.bell jarbell jar - a bell-shaped glass cover used to protect and display delicate objects or to cover scientific apparatus or to contain gases
bell glass
protective cover, protective covering, protection - a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury; "they had no protection from the fallout"; "wax provided protection for the floors"


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The allusion to methods for collecting and preserving natural specimens was strengthened by the nine large blown-glass bell jars lined up on the floor in the middle of the space, each with the stylized outline of a cherry blossom etched on its surface.
Lynne Yamamoto: P.P.O.W. (New York) by Gookin, Kirby / Artforum International
designer Cole of the clear bell jars he used as light fixtures for the formal dining room.
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In reputation the Brothers Quay are wrapped in mystery, including whispers about their dense and dark London atelier (Koninck studios, which they founded in 1980 with their producer, Keith Griffiths), rumored to be crammed with such things as antique dolls in bell jars and stacks of crumbling insect wings.
Dream team: the Brothers Quay by Goodeve, Thyrza Nichols / Artforum International
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