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- Dictionaryballoon/bəˈluːn/
noun
- 1. a small coloured rubber bag that is inflated with air and then sealed at the neck, used as a child's toy or a decoration: "the room was festooned with balloons and streamers"
- 2. a large bag filled with hot air or gas to make it rise in the air, typically one carrying a basket for passengers: "he set his sights on crossing the Pacific by balloon"
verb
- 1. swell out in a spherical shape: "the trousers ballooned out below his waist" Similar Opposite
- 2. (with reference to a ball) lob or be lobbed high in the air: British "the ball ballooned into the air"
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The meaning of BALLOON is a nonporous bag of light material that can be inflated especially with air or gas. How to use balloon in a sentence.
a small, thin, rubber bag that you can fill with air or another gas until it is round in shape, often used for decoration at parties or as a child’s toy. A balloon is also a very large, round container filled with a gas that can rise in the air and carry people riding under it in an attached box.
a bag made of a light material, as silk or plastic, filled with heated air or a gas lighter than air, designed to rise and float in the atmosphere and often having a car or gondola attached below for carrying passengers or scientific instruments.
n. 1. an inflatable rubber bag of various sizes, shapes, and colours: usually used as a plaything or party decoration. 2. (Aeronautics) a large impermeable bag inflated with a lighter-than-air gas, designed to rise and float in the atmosphere. It may have a basket or gondola for carrying passengers, etc.
A balloon is a large, strong bag filled with gas or hot air, which can carry passengers in a container that hangs underneath it. They are to attempt to be the first to circle the Earth non-stop by balloon.
balloon. noun. /bəˈluːn/. /bəˈluːn/. Idioms. a small bag made of very thin rubber that becomes larger and rounder when you fill it with air or gas. Balloons are brightly coloured and used as decorations or toys. to blow up/burst/pop a balloon. My balloon has burst!
A balloon is a colorful bit of rubber that can be blown up or filled with helium. Many children's parties are decorated with balloons. While most balloons are round, they come in many sizes and shapes.
noun. /bəˈlun/ a small bag made of very thin rubber that becomes larger and rounder when you fill it with air or gas. Balloons are brightly colored and used as decorations or toys to blow up/pop a balloon My balloon has burst! A thousand balloons were released to mark the event. compare trial balloon. Want to learn more?
BALLOON meaning: 1. a small coloured rubber bag that you fill with air to play with or to use as a decoration: 2…. Learn more.
a bag made of a light material, as silk or plastic, filled with heated air or a gas lighter than air, designed to rise and float in the atmosphere and often having a car or gondola attached below for carrying passengers or scientific instruments.
