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Balloon

Balloon Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Balloon? [n] large tough non-rigid bag filled with gas or hot air [n] small thin inflatable rubber bag with narrow neck [v] become inflated; "The sails ballooned" [v] ride in a hot air balloon Synonyms \| Synonyms for Balloon: billow \| inflate Related Terms \| Find terms related to Balloon: accrue \| accumulate \| advance \| aeroplane \| aerostat \| air bubble \| airlift \| airplane \| airship \| appreciate \| bag \| ball \| ballonet \| be airborne \| bead \| belly \| belly out \| bilge \| billow \| bladder \| bleb \| blimp \| blister \| bloat \| blob \| blood blister \| boll \| bolus \| boom \| bouge \| breed \| broaden \| bubble \| bug \| bulb \| bulbil \| bulblet \| bulge \| bulk \| bulla \| captive balloon \| conglobulate \| crescendo \| cruise \| develop \| dilate \| dirigible \| dirigible balloon \| distend \| drift \| ellipsoid \| enlarge \| expand \| extend \| ferry \| fever blister \| fill out \| flit \| fly \| fob \| gain \| gain strength \| gasbag \| geoid \| get ahead \| glide \| globe \| globelet \| globoid \| globule \| glomerulus \| go up \| gob \| gobbet \| goggle \| Graf Zeppelin \| greaten \| grow \| hop \| hover \| hydroplane \| increase \| intensify \| jet \| knob \| knot \| lighter-than-air craft \| mount \| multiply \| mushroom \| navigate \| oblate spheroid \| orb \| orbit \| orblet \| pellet \| pilot balloon \| pocket \| poke \| pooch \| pop \| pouch \| pout \| prolate spheroid \| proliferate \| puff up \| rigid airship \| rise \| rondure \| round out \| run up \| sac \| sack \| sail \| sailplane \| sausage \| seaplane \| semirigid airship \| ship \| shoot up \| snowball \| soap bubble \| soar \| sphere \| spherify \| spheroid \| spherule \| spread \| strengthen \| stretch \| swell \| swell out \| take the air \| take wing \| tumefy \| vesicle \| volplane \| wax \| weather balloon \| widen \| wing \| zeppelin See Also \| aviate \| envelope \| expand \| fly \| gasbag \| hot-air balloon \| lighter-than-air craft \| meteorological balloon \| pilot \| plaything \| reflate \| ripcord \| toy \| trial balloon Balloon In Webster's Dictionary \Balloon"\, n. [F. ballon, aug. of balle ball: cf. It. ballone. See 1st {Ball}, n., and cf. {Pallone}.] 1. A bag made of silk or other light material, and filled with hydrogen gas or heated air, so as to rise and float in the atmosphere; especially, one with a car attached for a["e]rial navigation. 2. (Arch.) A ball or globe on the top of a pillar, church, etc., as at St. Paul's, in London. [R.] 3. (Chem.) A round vessel, usually with a short neck, to hold or receive whatever is distilled; a glass vessel of a spherical form. 4. (Pyrotechnics) A bomb or shell. [Obs.] 5. A game played with a large inflated ball. [Obs.] 6. (Engraving) The outline inclosing words represented as coming from the mouth of a pictured figure. {Air balloon}, a balloon for a["e]rial navigation. {Balloon frame} (Carp.), a house frame constructed altogether of small timber. {Balloon net}, a variety of woven lace in which the weft threads are twisted in a peculiar manner around the warp. \Balloon"\, v. t. To take up in, or as if in, a balloon. \Bal*loon"\, v. i. 1. To go up or voyage in a balloon. 2. To expand, or puff out, like a balloon.

Balloon Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Balloon?

[n] large tough non-rigid bag filled with gas or hot air
[n] small thin inflatable rubber bag with narrow neck
[v] become inflated; "The sails ballooned"
[v] ride in a hot air balloon

Synonyms | Synonyms for Balloon: billow | inflate

Balloon In Webster's Dictionary

\Bal*loon"\, n. [F. ballon, aug. of balle ball: cf. It.
ballone. See 1st {Ball}, n., and cf. {Pallone}.]
1. A bag made of silk or other light material, and filled
   with hydrogen gas or heated air, so as to rise and float
   in the atmosphere; especially, one with a car attached for
   a["e]rial navigation.

2. (Arch.) A ball or globe on the top of a pillar, church,
   etc., as at St. Paul's, in London. [R.]

3. (Chem.) A round vessel, usually with a short neck, to hold
   or receive whatever is distilled; a glass vessel of a
   spherical form.

4. (Pyrotechnics) A bomb or shell. [Obs.]

5. A game played with a large inflated ball. [Obs.]

6. (Engraving) The outline inclosing words represented as
   coming from the mouth of a pictured figure.

{Air balloon}, a balloon for a["e]rial navigation.

{Balloon frame} (Carp.), a house frame constructed altogether
   of small timber.

{Balloon net}, a variety of woven lace in which the weft
   threads are twisted in a peculiar manner around the warp.


\Bal*loon"\, v. t.
To take up in, or as if in, a balloon.


\Bal*loon"\, v. i.
1. To go up or voyage in a balloon.

2. To expand, or puff out, like a balloon.

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