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bel·lows (bel′ōz′)

singular noun

  1. 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.
  2. anything like a bellows, as the folding part of some cameras, the lungs, etc.

Etymology: ME belwes, orig. pl. of beli: see belly

Bellows definition

Bel·lows (bel′ōz′)

Bellows, George (Wesley) 1882-1925; U.S. painter

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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