Noun

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.

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Any flexible container or enclosure, as one used to cover a moving joint.

(informal, or, archaic) The lungs.

(photography) Flexible, light-tight enclosures connecting the lensboard and the camera back.

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