bellows

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The bellows for a church organ

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Hand bellows

Etymology 1 [edit]

From Middle English belwes, plural of belu, belw, a northern form of beli, from Old English belg

Noun [edit]

bellows

  1. 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.
  2. Any flexible container or enclosure, as one used to cover a moving joint.
  3. (informal or archaic) The lungs.
  4. (photography) Flexible, light-tight enclosures connecting the lensboard and the camera back.
Usage notes [edit]
  • "Bellows" is used with both singular and plural verbs. One can even find "A bellows is/was".
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Etymology 2 [edit]

See bellow

Noun [edit]

bellows

  1. Plural form of bellow

Verb [edit]

bellows

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bellow.

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