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/klɒʃ/ · noun
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.
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.
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.
Use cloche when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Cloche means A glass covering, originally bell-shaped, for garden plants to prevent frost damage and promote early growth..
Common synonyms include handlight, garden glass, cloche hat.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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