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Noun (plural)
/ˈbelōz/,
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bellows, plural;
  1. A device with a bag that emits a stream of air when squeezed

  2. A kind with two handles used for blowing air at a fire

  3. A kind used in a harmonium or small organ

  4. An object or device with concertinaed sides to allow it to expand and contract, such as a tube joining a lens to a camera body

  1. a mechanical device that blows a strong current of air; used to make a fire burn more fiercely or to sound a musical instrument
  2. A bellows is a device for delivering pressurized air in a controlled quantity to a controlled location. Basically, a bellows is a deformable container which has an outlet nozzle. When the volume of the bellows is decreased, the air escapes through the outlet. ...
  3. In photography, a bellows is the pleated expandable part of a camera, usually a large or medium format camera, to allow the lens to be moved with respect to the focal plane for focusing.
  4. Working a bellows, denotes a struggle, but a final triumph over poverty and fate by energy and perseverance. To dream of seeing a bellows, distant friends are longing to see you. To hear one, occult knowledge will be obtained by the help of powerful means. ...
  5. The flexible element of an expansion joint consisting of one or more convolutions and the end tangents, if any.
  6. Similar in construction to a pneumatic, only larger (that is, two boards, hinged at one end and covered with bellows cloth). Often used as reservoirs to store suction, or as pumping bellows to evacuate the air from a reservoir, they range in size from 6" wide plus, and 8"-10" long plus. ...
  7. a popular accessory to help boost combustion in wood fires, feeding air to the flames as it is forced out of an expandable bladder. ...
  8. The lungs. Bellowser, a blow in the ” wind,” or pit of the stomach, taking one’s breath away.
  9. light tight, folding sleeve which can be fitted between the lens and the film plane.
  10. An object used to create a blast of air.
  11. an instrument fashioned to furnish a strong blast of air, used to blow a fire.
  12. Two hinged boards, covered with leather or rubberized cloth. Smaller bellows (often called pneumatics) perform a mechanical function by collapsing or opening when connected to suction or pressure, respectively. ...
  13. A thin metal cylinder with convolutions. It is flexible and is used as part of flexible tube components.
  14. The device that supplies air, hence oxygen, to a forge to increase combustion and temperature.
  15. A device operated with both hands, to produce a current of air; some bellows are mechanically operated.
  16. A sealed, accordion-type chamber (gas filled or vacuum) which expands and contracts in accordance with temperature changes or provides a seal during movement of parts. Used as an air conditioning control device on many systems. ...
  17. A corrugated rubber or plastic piece which can stretch with a shaft to keep the shaft clean.
  18. a device that contracts a current or air through a nozzle
  19. used to pump air into a fire, via a small tube, when burning fuels such as wood or coal. This process allows the fire to reach higher temperatures, e.g., "the blacksmith labored at his bellows to get the fire hot enough to melt the iron."
  20. The folded paper and leather part of the concertina that is used to create air flow to pass by the reeds when the bellows are pushed or drawn.
  21. An instrument for propelling air through a tube.
  22. Corrugated cylindrical container which moves as pressures change, or provides a seal during movement of parts.
  23. (n.): a machine that allows air to be pumped through a system; in this case, an organ
  24. a device used by a blacksmith to blow air into the fire being used to heat metal. This primitive air pump blew more oxygen into the fire, making it burn much hotter. Early bellows were made of a “bag” of leather attached to two flat wooden paddles that were connected at one end by a hinge. ...
  25. A fireplace tool that blows air by force onto a fire to stoke it. This fireplace tool eliminates the need to blow directly onto the fire, so the user is less likely to be burned.