BELLOWS


Meaning of BELLOWS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈbe-(ˌ)lōz, -ləz ]

noun plural but singular or plural in construction

Etymology: Middle English bely, below, belwes — more at belly

Date: before 12th century

1. : an instrument or machine that by alternate expansion and contraction draws in air through a valve or orifice and expels it through a tube ; also : any of various other blowers

2. : lungs

3. : the pleated expansible part in a camera ; also : a metallic or plastic flexible and expansible vessel

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.