BELLOWS
\bˈɛlə͡ʊz], \bˈɛləʊz], \b_ˈɛ_l_əʊ_z]\
Definitions of BELLOWS
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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An instrument, utensil, or machine, which, by alternate expansion and contraction, or by rise and fall of the top, draws in air through a valve and expels it through a tube for various purposes, as blowing fires, ventilating mines, or filling the pipes of an organ with wind.
By Oddity Software
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An instrument, utensil, or machine, which, by alternate expansion and contraction, or by rise and fall of the top, draws in air through a valve and expels it through a tube for various purposes, as blowing fires, ventilating mines, or filling the pipes of an organ with wind.
By Noah Webster.
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An instrument for producing a current of air, and used for various purposes, such as blowing fires, or filling organ pipes.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. sing. & pl. [Anglo-Saxon] An instrument for propelling air through a tube, for various purposes.
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