Bellows

Bel·lows  (blz), George Wesley 1882-1925.

American artist noted for his energetic paintings of sporting scenes, such as Stag at Sharkey's (1907).

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bel·lows  (blz, -z)

pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb)

1.

a. An apparatus for producing a strong current of air, as for sounding a pipe organ or increasing the draft to a fire, consisting of a flexible, valved air chamber that is contracted and expanded by pumping to force the air through a nozzle.

b. Something, such as the pleated windbag of an accordion, that resembles this apparatus.

2. The lungs.

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[Middle English belowes, from Old English belgas, pl. of belg; see bhelgh- in Indo-European roots.]

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bellows

Noun

1. a device consisting of an air chamber with flexible sides that is used to create and direct a stream of air

2. a flexible corrugated part, such as that connecting the lens system of some cameras to the body [plural of Old English belig belly]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

bellows - a mechanical device that blows a strong current of air; used to make a fire burn more fiercely or to sound a musical instrument blower - a device that produces a current of air plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one

Translations

bellows [ˈbɛləuz] npl → fuelle msg

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bellows [ˈbɛləuz] npl → soufflet m

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bellows [ˈbɛləuz] npl → Blasebalg m

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bellows [ˈbɛləuz] npl → soffietto

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bellows

n pl bellows [ˈbeləuz]

an instrument for making a current of air. blaasbalk مُنْفاخ كير الحَدّاد духало měchy blæsebælg das Gebläse φυσερό fuelle lõõts هر وسیلۀ تولید کنندۀ جریان کوچک هوا palkeet soufflet מַפּוַּח धौंकनी mijeh fújtató embusan físibelgur mantice ふいご 풀무 dumplės plēšas belos blaasbalg (blåse)belg miech fole foale кузнечные мехи mech meh mehovi blåsbälg เครื่องสูบลม körük 風箱 міхи ковальські دھونکنی ống bễ 风箱