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bellows

bellows

2 6.8
A device with a bag that pushes air when squeezed to make a fire burn or play instruments
  • noun
  • /ˈbɛloʊz/
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  • To create music, the organist deftly worked the bellows while playing the keys.

Examples

  • Here's a really good solution to the stiction problem using a use a bellows or an accordion like this.

  • The other problem, I have to admit, is Blaze sits in on these and he's a giant bellows that you'd put next to a fireplace, right.

  • OK, so the sound that she's the communication, the, the things she's hearing sounds like a pair of bellows for, for pumping up a fire.

  • Operating this system would be a two or three man crew Trained siphoneers would actuate the heating bellows, the pressurizing pump, the release valve and the swivel.

  • The blacksmith used the bellows to blow air on the fire, making it burn hotter.

  • He squeezed the bellows to send a gust of air into the fireplace, helping to ignite the logs.

Compounds

bellows fish
9.9

A small sea fish that lives on the bottom and has a long toothless snout

How Strong

compressor
  • Specialized
20 4.7
blower
119 4.2
air pump
3 1.9
bellows
2 6.8

Surface Forms

bellows singular
bellows plural

Etymology

Bellows comes from an old English word belg meaning 'bag'. Think of a big bag you squeeze to push out air—this is exactly what a bellows does when it blows air on a fire or into an organ.