bellows: Meaning and Definition of

bel•lows

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.

Bel•lows

1. 1882–1925, U.S. painter and lithographer.