bellows en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈbɛl.əʊz/ (UK)
- (US) audio
- /ˈbɛl.oʊz/ (US)
- /ˈbɛl.əs/ (dialectal)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *bʰólǵʰis Proto-Germanic *balgiz Proto-West Germanic *balgi Old English bielġ Middle English bely Middle English belwes English bellows 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.
Meanings
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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.
That concertina was a wonder in its way. The handles that was on it first was wore out long ago, and he'd made new ones of braided rope yarn. And the bellows was patched in more places than a cranberry picker's overalls.
1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VIII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:When wood fires were common, so were bellows for helping start them.
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Any flexible container or enclosure, as one used to cover a moving joint.
The three motors on each bogie are force ventilated from a blower mounted in the adjacent nose-end compartment of the superstructure, the air being led by ducts and flexible bellows connections to the air inlet at the commutator end of the motor.
1958 June 14, “Main-Line Diesel-Electric Locomotives for the Eastern Region”, in Railway Magazine, page 394:
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(archaic, informal) The lungs.
“Why, who should J. B. mean by Joe, but old Joe Bagstock—Joseph—your slave—Joe, Ma’am? Here! Here’s the man! Here are the Bagstock bellows, Ma’am!” cried the Major, striking himself a sounding blow on the chest.
1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, →OCLC:
- Flexible, light-tight enclosures connecting the lensboard and the camera back.
- (figuratively) That which fans the fire of hatred, jealousy, etc.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| bellows | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
bellowsfish · bellowsful · water-bellows · bellowslike · bellows to mend · hydrostatic bellows
Relateds
Translations (119)
de Balg (any flexible container or enclosure) · cs měch (air blower) · uz dam (air blower) · sw mvukuto (air blower) · pt fole (air blower) · gl barquín (informal: lungs — see also lung) · ca manxa (air blower) · ar مِنْفَاخ (air blower) · et lõõts (air blower) · ha zigazigai (air blower) · vi bễ (air blower) · tr körük (air blower) · fi haitari (any flexible container or enclosure) · ms belos (air blower) · sh мије̑х (air blower) · ja 鞴 (air blower) · cs vlnovec (any flexible container or enclosure) · xsv maisis (air blower) · mn хөөрөг (air blower) · it soffietto (air blower) · ms hububan (air blower) · hu fújtaró (air blower) · sh ме̑х (air blower) · ko 풀무 (air blower) · nl blaasbalg (air blower) · sq shakull (air blower) · is físibelgir (air blower) · nb blåsebelg (air blower) · ota كوروك (air blower) · vec folo (air blower) · fa-ira دَمِه (air blower) · fur soflet (air blower) · gl fol (air blower) · hy փուքս (air blower) · is físibelgur (air blower) · tl bubulusan (air blower) · grc φυσητήρ (air blower) · haw ʻūpā makani (air blower) · bg духа́ло (air blower) · nog коьрик (air blower) · sga bolg (air blower) · bni nkuka (air blower) · rup foali (air blower) · alt кӧрӱк (air blower) · izh leehku (air blower) · ln nkuka (air blower) · de Blasebalg (air blower) · sk mech (air blower) · pl mieszek (flexible, light-tight enclosure connecting the lensboard and the camera back) · uz bosqon (air blower) · lv plēšas (air blower) · be мяхі́ (air blower) · gl barquín (air blower) · ro foale (air blower) · fa-ira دَم (air blower) · fr soufflet (air blower) · cy megin (air blower) · mnc ᡥᡠᠵᡠᡴᡠ (air blower) · tl bulusan (air blower) · ota دمه (air blower) · bg мях (air blower) · nn belg (any flexible container or enclosure) · mk мев (air blower) · ga boilg (air blower) · vec foło (air blower) · zu izifutho (air blower) · eo balgo (any flexible container or enclosure) · atv корук (air blower) · el φυσερό (air blower) · ceb tayhop (air blower) · vec supieto (air blower) · fi palkeet (informal: lungs — see also lung) · fi palkeet (air blower) · so goosimo (air blower) · lt dùmplės (air blower) · uk міх (air blower) · cmn 風箱 /风箱 (air blower) · nb belg (any flexible container or enclosure) · prg moasis (air blower) · el φυσητήρας (air blower) · izh leetsa (air blower) · sv blåsbälg (air blower) · sh mijȇh (air blower) · oc bufet (air blower) · ota منفاخ (air blower) · is físar (air blower) · pt sanfona (any flexible container or enclosure) · fa-ira مِنْفاخ (air blower) · ru меха́ (air blower) · da blæsebælg (air blower) · es fuelle (air blower) · bg мех (air blower) · mww lwj (air blower) · ms ubub (air blower) · sh mȇh (air blower) · gl bofe (informal: lungs — see also lung) · it mantice (air blower) · pl miech (air blower) · hu fújtató (air blower) · tl puwelye (air blower) · ba күрек (air blower) · ha mafuri (air blower) · id puputan (air blower) · az körük (air blower) · ru мехи́ (air blower) · el φυσούνα (air blower) · hi धौंकनी (air blower) · atv кӧрӱк (air blower) · mi pupuhiahi (air blower) · is físir (air blower) · sw mifua (air blower) · eo balgo (air blower) · la follis (air blower) · hu kihuzat (flexible, light-tight enclosure connecting the lensboard and the camera back) · pt bofes (informal: lungs — see also lung) · pt fole (any flexible container or enclosure) · nn blåsebelg (air blower) · vec fol (air blower) · af blaasbalk (air blower)