The bellows are not working.
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Bellows
//ˈbɛl.oʊz//
Synonyms for "bellows" (8 found)
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3 entriesderived
6 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entriesform of
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
Translations
116 translations across 73 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- blaasbalk noun (air blower)
Albanian
1 entries- shakull noun (air blower)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- φυσητήρ noun (air blower)
Arabic
1 entries- مِنْفَاخ noun (air blower)
Armenian
1 entries- փուքս noun (air blower)
Aromanian
1 entries- foali noun (air blower)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- körük noun (air blower)
Bangi
1 entries- nkuka noun (air blower)
Bashkir
1 entries- күрек noun (air blower)
Belarusian
1 entries- мяхі́ noun (air blower)
Bulgarian
3 entries- духа́ло noun (air blower)
- мех noun (air blower)
- мях noun (air blower)
Catalan
1 entries- manxa noun (air blower)
Cebuano
1 entries- tayhop noun (air blower)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 風箱 /风箱 noun (air blower)
Czech
2 entries- měch noun (air blower)
- vlnovec noun (any flexible container or enclosure)
Danish
1 entries- blæsebælg noun (air blower)
Dutch
1 entries- blaasbalg noun (air blower)
Esperanto
2 entries- balgo noun (air blower)
- balgo noun (any flexible container or enclosure)
Estonian
1 entries- lõõts noun (air blower)
Finnish
3 entries- haitari noun (any flexible container or enclosure)
- palkeet noun (air blower)
- palkeet noun (informal: lungs — see also lung)
French
1 entries- soufflet noun (air blower)
Friulian
1 entries- soflet noun (air blower)
Galician
4 entries- barquín noun (air blower)
- barquín noun (informal: lungs — see also lung)
- bofe noun (informal: lungs — see also lung)
- fol noun (air blower)
German
2 entries- Balg noun (any flexible container or enclosure)
- Blasebalg noun (air blower)
Greek
3 entries- φυσερό noun (air blower)
- φυσητήρας noun (air blower)
- φυσούνα noun (air blower)
Hausa
2 entries- mafuri noun (air blower)
- zigazigai noun (air blower)
Hindi
1 entries- धौंकनी noun (air blower)
Hungarian
3 entries- fújtaró noun (air blower)
- fújtató noun (air blower)
- kihuzat noun (flexible, light-tight enclosure connecting the lensboard and the camera back)
Icelandic
4 entries- físar noun (air blower)
- físibelgir noun (air blower)
- físibelgur noun (air blower)
- físir noun (air blower)
Indonesian
1 entries- puputan noun (air blower)
Ingrian
2 entries- leehku noun (air blower)
- leetsa noun (air blower)
Iranian Persian
3 entries- دَم noun (air blower)
- دَمِه noun (air blower)
- مِنْفاخ noun (air blower)
Irish
1 entries- boilg noun (air blower)
Italian
2 entries- mantice noun (air blower)
- soffietto noun (air blower)
Japanese
1 entries- 鞴 noun (air blower)
Korean
1 entries- 풀무 noun (air blower)
Latin
1 entries- follis noun (air blower)
Latvian
1 entries- plēšas noun (air blower)
Lingala
1 entries- nkuka noun (air blower)
Lithuanian
1 entries- dùmplės noun (air blower)
Macedonian
1 entries- мев noun (air blower)
Malay
3 entries- belos noun (air blower)
- hububan noun (air blower)
- ubub noun (air blower)
Manchu
1 entries- ᡥᡠᠵᡠᡴᡠ noun (air blower)
Mongolian
1 entries- хөөрөг noun (air blower)
Māori
1 entries- pupuhiahi noun (air blower)
Nogai
1 entries- коьрик noun (air blower)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- belg noun (any flexible container or enclosure)
- blåsebelg noun (air blower)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- belg noun (any flexible container or enclosure)
- blåsebelg noun (air blower)
Occitan
1 entries- bufet noun (air blower)
Old Irish
1 entries- bolg noun (air blower)
Old Prussian
1 entries- moasis noun (air blower)
Ottoman Turkish
3 entries- دمه noun (air blower)
- كوروك noun (air blower)
- منفاخ noun (air blower)
Polish
2 entries- miech noun (air blower)
- mieszek noun (flexible, light-tight enclosure connecting the lensboard and the camera back)
Portuguese
4 entries- bofes noun (informal: lungs — see also lung)
- fole noun (air blower)
- fole noun (any flexible container or enclosure)
- sanfona noun (any flexible container or enclosure)
Romanian
1 entries- foale noun (air blower)
Russian
2 entries- меха́ noun (air blower)
- мехи́ noun (air blower)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- mijȇh noun (air blower)
- mȇh noun (air blower)
- ме̑х noun (air blower)
- мије̑х noun (air blower)
Slovak
1 entries- mech noun (air blower)
Somali
1 entries- goosimo noun (air blower)
Southern Altai
1 entries- кӧрӱк noun (air blower)
Spanish
1 entries- fuelle noun (air blower)
Sudovian
1 entries- maisis noun (air blower)
Swahili
2 entries- mifua noun (air blower)
- mvukuto noun (air blower)
Swedish
1 entries- blåsbälg noun (air blower)
Tagalog
3 entries- bubulusan noun (air blower)
- bulusan noun (air blower)
- puwelye noun (air blower)
Turkish
1 entries- körük noun (air blower)
Ukrainian
1 entries- міх noun (air blower)
Uzbek
2 entries- bosqon noun (air blower)
- dam noun (air blower)
Venetan
4 entries- fol noun (air blower)
- folo noun (air blower)
- foło noun (air blower)
- supieto noun (air blower)
Vietnamese
1 entries- bễ noun (air blower)
Welsh
1 entries- megin noun (air blower)
White Hmong
1 entries- lwj noun (air blower)
Zulu
1 entries- izifutho noun (air blower)
Sample sentences
24 total sentences available.
Uillean Pipes - translated, they'd be called elbow pipes - are Irish bagpipes that are blown up using bellows, so one can drink while playing.
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The osprey and the sea mew, fly down to catch fish, but the Heron catches them while standing on the banks. The bittern puts its bill into the water and bellows like an ox. The water wagtail wags its tail.
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Heaven and earth exhibit no benevolence; to them the ten thousand things are like straw dogs. The holy man exhibits no benevolence; to him the hundred families are like straw dogs. Is not the space between heaven and earth like unto a bellows? It is empty; yet it collapses not. It moves, and more and more comes forth.
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