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Bellows Meaning & Definition
Bellows Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Bellows?

[n] a mechanical device that blows air onto a fire to make it burn more fiercely

Synonyms | Synonyms for Bellows: blower

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See Also | mechanical device

Bellows In Webster's Dictionary

\Bel"lows\, n. sing. & pl. [OE. bely, below, belly, bellows, AS. b[ae]lg, b[ae]lig, bag, bellows, belly. Bellows is prop. a pl. and the orig. sense is bag. See {Belly}.] An instrument, utensil, or machine, which, by alternate expansion and contraction, or by rise and fall of the top, draws in air through a valve and expels it through a tube for various purposes, as blowing fires, ventilating mines, or filling the pipes of an organ with wind. {Bellows camera}, in photography, a form of camera, which can be drawn out like an accordion or bellows. {Hydrostatic bellows}. See {Hydrostatic}. {A pair of bellows}, the ordinary household instrument for blowing fires, consisting of two nearly heart-shaped boards with handles, connected by leather, and having a valve and tube.

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