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bellows
1[ bel-ohz, -uhz ]
noun
(used with a singular or plural verb)
- 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
/ ˈ²úÉ›±ôəʊ³ú /
noun
- Also calledpair 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
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of bellows1
C16: from plural of Old English belig belly
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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.â€
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Canyons became bellows, fanning flames and driving the smoke to the coast and over the Pacific.
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Terry bellows in the direction of the kitchen.
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Three centuries later, as a criminally convicted former U.S. president bellows “witch hunt†into every available microphone, the madness endures, the cruelty continues.
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“Of course it’s folly!†he bellows, his voice shaking.
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