ALL meanings of bellows
bel·lows
B b - noun bellows an instrument consisting of an air chamber with flexible sides or end, a means of compressing it, an inlet valve, and a constricted outlet that is used to create a stream of air, as for producing a draught for a fire or for sounding organ pipes 3
- noun bellows a telescopic light-tight sleeve, connecting the lens system of some cameras to the body of the instrument 3
- noun bellows a flexible corrugated element used as an expansion joint, pump, or means of transmitting axial motion 3
- noun bellows George (Wesley)1882-1925; U.S. painter 3
- singular noun bellows a device that produces a stream of air through a narrow tube when its sides are pressed together: used in pipe organs, for blowing fires, etc. 3
- singular noun bellows anything like a bellows, as the folding part of some cameras, the lungs, etc. 3
- noun bellows an act or sound of bellowing. 1
- verb without object bellows to emit a hollow, loud, animal cry, as a bull or cow. 1
- verb without object bellows to roar; bawl: bellowing with rage. 1
- verb with object bellows to utter in a loud deep voice: He bellowed his command across the room. 1
- noun bellows 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. 0
- noun bellows Any flexible container or enclosure, as one used to cover a moving joint. 0
- noun bellows (informal or archaic) The lungs. 0
- noun bellows (photography) Flexible, light-tight enclosures connecting the lensboard and the camera back. 0
- noun bellows plural of bellow. 0
- verb bellows third-person singular simple present indicative form of bellow. 0