Bell-shaped

  • 41bell jar — bel .jär n a bell shaped usu. glass vessel designed to cover objects or to contain gases or a vacuum * * * a glass vessel, closed at top, open at bottom, used in laboratory vacuum experiments …

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  • 42bell jar — bell′ jar n. chem. a bell shaped glass cover designed esp. for protecting objects or for containing gases or a vacuum in chemical experiments …

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  • 43bell pepper — n. 1. the large, sweet, bell shaped, tropical American red pepper used as a vegetable 2. the plant (Capsicum frutescens var. grossum) on which these grow: see CAPSICUM (sense 1) …

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  • 44bell|wort — «BEHL WURT», noun. 1. = bellflower. (Cf. ↑bellflower) 2. U.S. any of certain North American lilies, having yellow, bell shaped flowers …

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  • 45bell mouth — Bell shaped air intake attached to some carburetors …

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  • 46bell — bell1 bell less, adj. /bel/, n. 1. a hollow instrument of cast metal, typically cup shaped with a flaring mouth, suspended from the vertex and rung by the strokes of a clapper, hammer, or the like. 2. the stroke or sound of such an instrument: We …

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  • 47bell jar — noun a bell shaped glass cover used to protect and display delicate objects or to cover scientific apparatus or to contain gases • Syn: ↑bell glass • Hypernyms: ↑protective covering, ↑protective cover, ↑protection * * * noun : a bell shaped… …

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  • 48bell — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a hollow usu. metal object in the shape of a deep upturned cup usu. widening at the lip, made to sound a clear musical note when struck (either externally or by means of a clapper inside). 2 a a sound or stroke of a bell, esp. as… …

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  • 49Bell — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a hollow usu. metal object in the shape of a deep upturned cup usu. widening at the lip, made to sound a clear musical note when struck (either externally or by means of a clapper inside). 2 a a sound or stroke of a bell, esp. as… …

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  • 50bell tent — noun a bell shaped tent • Hypernyms: ↑tent, ↑collapsible shelter * * * bell tent noun A bell shaped tent • • • Main Entry: ↑bell * * * bell tent, a conical shaped tent …

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