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Antonyms for bellows

Grammar : Verb
Spell : bel-ohz, -uh z
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɛl oʊz, -əz

Definition of bellows

Origin :
  • c.1200, belwes, literally "bags," plural of belu, belw, northern form of beli, from late Old English belg "bag, purse, leathern bottle" (see belly (n.)). Reduced from blæstbælg, literally "blowing bag." Used exclusively in plural since 15c., probably due to the two handles.
  • verb holler
Example sentences :
  • The cottage had once been a smithy, and the bellows had been left in its place.
  • Extract from : « Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood » by George MacDonald
  • The man with the bellows jumped down from his bucket and ran eagerly after him.
  • Extract from : « Prince Vance » by Eleanor Putnam
  • A cloth should never be used, for it leaves some lint behind; but take off the dust with a painter's brush, or a pair of bellows.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
  • Rotha could hear the thick breathing of the bellows and the thin tinkle of the anvil.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine
  • He's lodged at the Bull, and bellows like one when he speaks of what you owe him.
  • Extract from : « Mistress Wilding » by Rafael Sabatini
  • The upper is called the "Post-Office," and the lower one the "Bellows."
  • Extract from : « England, Picturesque and Descriptive » by Joel Cook
  • The air escaped through his lips with a noise like the sound of bellows.
  • Extract from : « The Nigger Of The "Narcissus" » by Joseph Conrad
  • The horse's knees were trembling and his sides puffing like a bellows.
  • Extract from : « Dwellers in the Hills » by Melville Davisson Post
  • I was busy blowing up a raging flame with the bellows of my emotions.
  • Extract from : « My Reminiscences » by Rabindranath Tagore
  • The air supply is regulated by treading the bellows — no tap is requisite.
  • Extract from : « On Laboratory Arts » by Richard Threlfall

Synonyms for bellows

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