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the glass dome that lets vegetables and fashion both pretend they're precious museum exhibits
means A bell-shaped cover — either a glass or plastic dome placed over plants to protect them and trap warmth, or a close-fitting, bell-shaped woman's hat.
from Straight from the French cloche, meaning 'bell,' which traces back to the Late Latin clocca — the same humble root that rings through 'clock' and the Irish 'clog.' The shape says it all: anything bell-curved enough to dome a seedling or hug a head earned the name.
- means bell
- French for bell, named for its shape
- garden armor
- Glass cloches shielded seedlings from frost since the 1600s
- flapper crown
- The 1920s hat that demanded short, sleek bobs
- restaurant theater
- Lifted tableside to deliver steam and drama
- science twin
- Inspired the bell jar used in vacuum experiments
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cloche hat — women's fashion 1920s-1930s, bell-shaped close-fitting hat that covered the forehead and ears
cloche bell jar — glass dome used in gardening and terrariums to protect plants and maintain humidity