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soufflet — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bellows noun A hand-operated device that pumps a blast of air when squeezed, used to fan a fire or power an instrument like an accordion.

Senses

soufflet is used for these senses in English:

  • bellows 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.
  • slap in the face Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see slap,‎ in,‎ the,‎ face. (This sense is a translation hub.)

bellows — full definition

  1. noun A hand-operated device that pumps a blast of air when squeezed, used to fan a fire or power an instrument like an accordion.
  2. noun Informally, the lungs.

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