Definition of balloon

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Balloon (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 aerial navigation..

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Aerostat :: Aerostat (n.) A balloonist; an aeronaut.
Inflated :: Inflated (a.) Filled, as with air or gas; blown up; distended; as, a balloon inflated with gas..
Balloon :: Balloon (n.) A ball or globe on the top of a pillar, church, etc., as at St. Paul's, in London..
Ballooning :: Ballooning (n.) The process of temporarily raising the value of a stock, as by fictitious sales..
Montgolfier :: Montgolfier (n.) A balloon which ascends by the buoyancy of air heated by a fire; a fire balloon; -- so called from two brothers, Stephen and Joseph Montgolfier, of France, who first constructed and sent up a fire balloon..
Balloon :: Balloon (v. i.) To go up or voyage in a balloon.
Balloon Fish :: Balloon fish () A fish of the genus Diodon or the genus Tetraodon, having the power of distending its body by taking air or water into its dilatable esophagus. See Globefish, and Bur fish..
Balloon :: Balloon (n.) The outline inclosing words represented as coming from the mouth of a pictured figure.
Balloon :: Balloon (n.) A game played with a large inflated ball.
Venture :: Venture (v. t.) To expose to hazard; to risk; to hazard; as, to venture one's person in a balloon..
Hydrogen :: Hydrogen (n.) A gaseous element, colorless, tasteless, and odorless, the lightest known substance, being fourteen and a half times lighter than air (hence its use in filling balloons), and over eleven thousand times lighter than water. It is very abundant, being an ingredient of water and of many other substances, especially those of animal or vegetable origin. It may by produced in many ways, but is chiefly obtained by the action of acids (as sulphuric) on metals, as zinc, iron, etc. It is very
Balloon :: Balloon (v. t.) To take up in, or as if in, a balloon..
Balloon :: Balloon (n.) A round vessel, usually with a short neck, to hold or receive whatever is distilled; a glass vessel of a spherical form..
Ballooner :: Ballooner (n.) One who goes up in a balloon; an aeronaut.
Aeronaut :: Aeronaut (n.) An aerial navigator; a balloonist.
Aeronautics :: Aeronautics (n.) The science or art of ascending and sailing in the air, as by means of a balloon; aerial navigation; ballooning..
Ballooning :: Ballooning (n.) The art or practice of managing balloons or voyaging in them.
Parachute :: Parachute (n.) A contrivance somewhat in the form of an umbrella, by means of which a descent may be made from a balloon, or any eminence..
Aerostation :: Aerostation (n.) Aerial navigation; the art of raising and guiding balloons in the air.
Balloonist :: Balloonist (n.) An aeronaut.
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