Bellows
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An instrument, utensil, or machine, which, by alternateexpansion and contraction, or by rise and fall of the top, draws inair through a valve and expels it through a tube for variouspurposes, as blowing fires, ventilating mines, or filling the pipesof an organ with wind. Bellows camera, in photography, a form ofcamera, which can be drawn out like an accordion or bellows.-- Hydrostatic bellows. See Hydrostatic.-- A pair of bellows, the ordinary household instrument for blowingfires, consisting of two nearly heart-shaped boards with handles,connected by leather, and having a valve and tube.
Bellows meaning & definition 1 of Bellows.
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a tool used to blow air, especially into a fire to make it burn better:
Bellows meaning & definition 2 of Bellows.
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A device with an air bag that emits a stream of air when squeezed together with two handles, used for blowing air into a fire.
Bellows meaning & definition 3 of Bellows.