bellows
A device for delivering pressurized air in a controlled quantity to a controlled locationA 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.
Meaning
5 sensesA 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.
When wood fires were common, so were bellows for helping start them.
Blasebalg
меха́mexá, мехи́mexí
міхmix
Any flexible container or enclosure, as one used to cover a moving joint.
Balg
Flexible, light-tight enclosures connecting the lensboard and the camera back.
(figuratively)That which fans the fire of hatred, jealousy, etc.
(archaic, informal)The lungs.
- (used in the plural) a mechanical device that blows a strong current of air; used to make a fire burn more fiercely or to sound a musical instrument
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Origin
From Middle English belwes, plural of belu, belwe, a northern form of beli, from Old EngliFrom Middle English belwes, plural of belu, belwe, a northern form of beli, from Old English bæliġ, northern form of bielġ, from Proto-Germanic *balgiz. Compare German Balg. See also belly.
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