cloche
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cloche
- /klɒʃ/ UK
- /kloʊʃ/ US
Rhymes with -ɒʃ, -əʊʃ
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French cloche (“bell”), from Medieval Latin clocca (“bell”). Doublet of cloak and clock.
noun cloches
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A glass covering, originally bell-shaped, for garden plants to prevent frost damage and promote early growth.
Old window screens were shade cloth; flattened cardboard and carpet offcuts were weed matting; plastic bottles, when sliced in half, became little cloches to fit over seedlings to keep them warm.
Similar: handlight, garden glass
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A bell-shaped, close-fitting women’s hat with a deep rounded crown and narrow rim.
Faux 19th-century bartenders in sleeve garters and baroque facial hair ply their trade in pre-Prohibition bars. Women wearing cloche hats order sidecars at speakeasies.
Similar: cloche hat
- A tableware cover, often resembling a bell. Pistachio and date-filled cakes glisten under a glass cloche as customers drinking cardamom tea settle into brightly tapestried pouf chairs at the Pouya café and cultural center in Paris.
- An apparatus used in controlling certain aeroplanes, consisting principally of a steering column mounted with a universal joint at the base, which is bell-shaped and has attached to it the cables for controlling the wing-warping devices, elevator planes, etc.
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noun glass covering
| Español | campana de cristal |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Glasschutz, Folienschutz |
noun tableware covering
| Español | cubreplatos, campana |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | クロッシュ kurosshu |
| Français | cloche |
| Deutsch | Abdeckhaube, Glosche, Servierglocke |
Talk about this word "cloche." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cloche. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. cloche. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/cloche "cloche." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cloche.Cite this
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title = {cloche},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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