Bellows

n. sing. &

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An instrument, utensil, or machine, which, by alternate expansion and contraction, or by rise and fall of the top, draws in air through a valve and expels it through a tube for various purposes, as blowing fires, ventilating mines, or filling the pipes of an organ with wind. Bellows camera in photography, a form of camera, which can be drawn out like an accordion or bellows. Hydrostatic bellows See Hydrostatic. A pair of bellows the ordinary household instrument for blowing fires, consisting of two nearly heart-shaped boards with handles, connected by leather, and having a valve and tube.

Noun

1.

bellows - a mechanical device that blows air onto a fire to make it burn more fiercely Synonyms: blower

blower, mechanical device