Plural-tantum noun that can take singular verb agreement when treated as a unit.
Translations
мехаpluralia tantum; основной перевод для кузнечных мехов и аналогичных устройств
He worked the bellows to make the coals glow.
Он нагнетал воздух мехами, чтобы угли раскалились.
Additional translations
сильфонтехн.; гибкое гофрированное устройство для подачи или герметизации воздуха/жидкости
Definitions
A device consisting of an air chamber with flexible sides that can be expanded and contracted to blow air on to a fire, into an organ pipe, etc.
He worked the bellows to make the coals glow.
Any accordion-like, expandable chamber designed to direct or control a flow of air or other gas, especially in equipment such as a camera or an accordion.
Dust had collected in the camera’s bellows.
bellowsadjective
Attributive use of the noun (e.g. "bellows camera").