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- Dictionarybal·loon/bəˈlo͞on/
noun
- 1. a brightly colored rubber sac that is inflated with air and then sealed at the neck, used as a children'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 carrying a basket for passengers: "he set his sights on crossing the Pacific by balloon"
verb
- 1. swell out in a spherical shape; billow: "the trousers ballooned out below his waist" Similar Opposite
- 2. travel by hot-air balloon: "he is famous for ballooning across oceans"
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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 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.
A balloon is a small, thin, rubber bag that you blow air into so that it becomes larger and rounder or longer. Balloons are used as toys or decorations.
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.
Balloon. Balloons are given for special occasions, such as birthdays or holidays, and are often used as party décor. A balloon is a flexible membrane that can be inflated with a gas, such as helium, hydrogen, nitrous oxide, oxygen, and air.
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. Definitions on the go.
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.
n. 1. a. A flexible bag designed to be inflated with hot air or with a gas, such as helium, that is lighter than the surrounding air, causing it to rise and float in the atmosphere. b. Such a bag with sufficient capacity to lift and transport a suspended gondola or other load. c.
