soffietto — meaning in English

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.
• hood noun A loose covering for the head, often part of a jacket or coat.

Senses

soffietto 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.
• hood (automotive, chiefly, UK) A soft top of a convertible car or carriage.

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.

hood — full definition

1. noun A loose covering for the head, often part of a jacket or coat.
2. noun The hinged panel covering a car engine (called a "bonnet" in British English).
3. noun Informal: a neighbourhood, especially a poor or inner-city one.
4. verb To cover something with a hood.

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