bellows
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.
Origin of bellows
1Other words from bellows
- bel·lows·like, adjective
Words Nearby bellows
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George Wesley, 1882–1925, U.S. painter and lithographer.
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How to use bellows in a sentence
The bell tower bellows loudly when a little muscle power is put into it.
Some operate like bellows, creating an accordion-like sound as they aspirate.
How to Save Silent Movies: Inside New Jersey’s Cinema Paradiso | Rich Goldstein | October 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnother Maine operative, a Democrat who has worked with bellows agreed.
Pro-Pot, Pro-Gay, Anti-NSA… and Running for Senate | David Freedlander | April 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“Susan Collins was elected 18 years ago, when I was graduating from college,” bellows told The Daily Beast.
Pro-Pot, Pro-Gay, Anti-NSA… and Running for Senate | David Freedlander | April 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTo be clear, bellows is not a millennial, but rather half a generation older.
Pro-Pot, Pro-Gay, Anti-NSA… and Running for Senate | David Freedlander | April 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The bellows, being expanded by the wind, pulls down the pallet in the wind-chest; the bellows does all the hard work.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building | George Laing MillerOwing to its inertia, no heavy bellows weight can be set into motion rapidly.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building | George Laing MillerWind from the organ bellows enters the pipe foot F, and raises the pressure in the chamber C.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building | George Laing MillerThe box B is permanently supplied with air under pressure from the bellows.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building | George Laing MillerThere were twenty-two stops on the Swell, and the Swell bellows was placed inside the Swell box.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building | George Laing Miller
British Dictionary definitions for bellows
/ (ˈbɛləʊz) /
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
Origin of bellows
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