Definitions from Wiktionary (bellows)
▸ noun: A device for delivering pressurized air in a controlled quantity to a controlled location. At its most simple terms a bellows is a container which is deformable in such a way as to alter its volume which has an outlet or outlets where one wishes to blow air.
▸ noun: Any flexible container or enclosure, as one used to cover a moving joint.
▸ noun: (informal or archaic) The lungs.
▸ noun: (photography) Flexible, light-tight enclosures connecting the lensboard and the camera back.
▸ noun: (figurative) That which fans the fire of hatred, jealousy, etc.
▸ verb: (intransitive, transitive) To operate a bellows; to direct air at (something) using a bellows.
▸ verb: (intransitive, figuratively) To expand and contract like a bellows.
▸ verb: (transitive) To fold up like a bellows; to accordion.
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▸ noun: A device for delivering pressurized air in a controlled quantity to a controlled location. At its most simple terms a bellows is a container which is deformable in such a way as to alter its volume which has an outlet or outlets where one wishes to blow air.
▸ noun: Any flexible container or enclosure, as one used to cover a moving joint.
▸ noun: (informal or archaic) The lungs.
▸ noun: (photography) Flexible, light-tight enclosures connecting the lensboard and the camera back.
▸ noun: (figurative) That which fans the fire of hatred, jealousy, etc.
▸ verb: (intransitive, transitive) To operate a bellows; to direct air at (something) using a bellows.
▸ verb: (intransitive, figuratively) To expand and contract like a bellows.
▸ verb: (transitive) To fold up like a bellows; to accordion.
Similar:
blower,
water-bellows,
windbag,
smoke blower,
blower door,
bell,
wind-bell,
bell jar,
whistle,
blowhole,
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Types:
accordion bellows,
camerbellows,
forge bellows,
orgbellows,
fire bellows,
hand-held bellows,
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