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bellows
1[bel-ohz, -uhz]
noun
a device for producing a strong current of air, consisting of a chamber that can be expanded to draw in air through a valve and contracted to expel it through a tube.
anything resembling or suggesting bellows in form, as the collapsible part of a camera or enlarger.
the lungs.
Bellows
2[bel-ohz]
noun
George Wesley, 1882–1925, U.S. painter and lithographer.
bellows
/ ˈɛəʊ /
noun
Also called: pair of bellows.an instrument consisting of an air chamber with flexible sides or end, a means of compressing it, an inlet valve, and a constricted outlet that is used to create a stream of air, as for producing a draught for a fire or for sounding organ pipes
photog a telescopic light-tight sleeve, connecting the lens system of some cameras to the body of the instrument
a flexible corrugated element used as an expansion joint, pump, or means of transmitting axial motion
Other 51Թ Forms
- bellowslike adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of bellows1
Example Sentences
“TUPELO!” the crowd bellows back in anticipatory response.
"I'm standing up for my rights," bellows Danny, a balding man with a grey beard who calls a converted horsebox home in a leafy suburb of Bristol.
Her rendition of Morrissey’s “Dear God, Please Help Me” hits its climax when Faithfull bellows at full volume, “There are explosive kegs / Between my legs / Dear God, please help me.”
Canyons became bellows, fanning flames and driving the smoke to the coast and over the Pacific.
Terry bellows in the direction of the kitchen.
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