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Definition of Balloon

1. Noun. Large tough nonrigid bag filled with gas or heated air.

2. Verb. Ride in a hot-air balloon. "He tried to balloon around the earth but storms forced him to land in China"

3. Noun. Small thin inflatable rubber bag with narrow neck.

4. Verb. Become inflated. "The sails ballooned"

Definition of Balloon

1. n. 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 aërial navigation.

2. v. t. To take up in, or as if in, a balloon.

3. v. i. To go up or voyage in a balloon.

Definition of Balloon

1. to swell out [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Balloon

1. 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 aerial navigation. 2. A ball or globe on the top of a pillar, church, etc, as at St. Paul's, in London. 3. A round vessel, usually with a short neck, to hold or receive whatever is distilled; a glass vessel of a spherical form. 4. A bomb or shell. 5. A game played with a large infated ball. 6. The outline inclosing words represented as coming from the mouth of a pictured figure. Air balloon, a balloon for aerial navigation. Balloon frame, 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. Origin: F. Ballon, aug. Of balle ball: cf. It. Ballone. See 1st Ball, and cf. Pallone. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Balloon

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