Bellows (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun (used with a singular or plural verb)
  1. a device for producing a strong current of air, consisting of a chamber that can be expanded to draw in air through a valve and contracted to expel it through a tube.
  2. anything resembling or suggesting bellows in form, as the collapsible part of a camera or enlarger.
  3. the lungs.
noun
  1. U.S. painter and lithographer.
noun (functioning as singular or plural)
  1. 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
  2. a telescopic light-tight sleeve, connecting the lens system of some cameras to the body of the instrument
  3. a flexible corrugated element used as an expansion joint, pump, or means of transmitting axial motion
Bellows (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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