bellows
Meanings
Plural: bellows
Noun
- a mechanical device that blows a strong current of air; used to make a fire burn more fiercely or to sound a musical instrument
- a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal)
- United States author (born in Canada) whose novels influenced American literature after World War II (1915-2005)
- 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.
- Any flexible container or enclosure, as one used to cover a moving joint.
- The lungs.
- Flexible, light-tight enclosures connecting the lensboard and the camera back.
- That which fans the fire of hatred, jealousy, etc.
- plural of bellow
Verb
- shout loudly and without restraint
- make a loud noise, as of animal
- To operate a bellows; to direct air at (something) using a bellows.
- To expand and contract like a bellows.
- To fold up like a bellows; to accordion.
- third-person singular simple present indicative of bellow
Origin / Etymology
From 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.
For the pronunciation /ˈbɛl.əs/, compare bodice, gallows.
Synonyms
bawl, bellow, Bellow, bellowing, holla, holler, hollering, hollo, holloa, roar, roaring, Saul Bellow, Solomon Bellow, yowl
Scrabble Score: 12
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