beehive shelf

English

Etymology

The squat circular shape resembles early beehives called skeps.

Noun

beehive shelf (plural beehive shelves)

  1. (chemistry) A round piece of laboratory equipment used mostly in school demonstrations to support a gas jar whilst a gas is being collected over water.
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