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 balloon.
Balloon :: Balloon (v. i.) To expand, or puff out, like a balloon..
Balloonist :: Balloonist (n.) An aeronaut.
Venture :: Venture (v. t.) To expose to hazard; to risk; to hazard; as, to venture one's person in a balloon..
Dirigible :: Dirigible (a.) Capable of being directed; steerable; as, a dirigible balloon..
Aeronautics :: Aeronautics (n.) The science or art of ascending and sailing in the air, as by means of a balloon; aerial navigation; ballooning..
Balloon :: 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..
Aerostation :: Aerostation (n.) Aerial navigation; the art of raising and guiding balloons in the air.
Balloon :: Balloon (n.) A game played with a large inflated ball.
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..
Waft :: Waft (v. t.) To cause to move or go in a wavy manner, or by the impulse of waves, as of water or air; to bear along on a buoyant medium; as, a balloon was wafted over the channel..
Ballooner :: Ballooner (n.) One who goes up in a balloon; an aeronaut.
Bur Fish :: Bur fish () A spinose, plectognath fish of the Allantic coast of the United States (esp. Chilo mycterus geometricus) having the power of distending its body with water or air, so as to resemble a chestnut bur; -- called also ball fish, balloon fish, and swellfish..
Ballast :: Ballast (a.) Any heavy matter put into the car of a balloon to give it steadiness.
Balloon :: Balloon (n.) A bomb or shell.
Car :: Car (n.) The basket, box, or cage suspended from a balloon to contain passengers, ballast, etc..
Inflated :: Inflated (a.) Filled, as with air or gas; blown up; distended; as, a balloon inflated with gas..
Ballooning :: Ballooning (n.) The process of temporarily raising the value of a stock, as by fictitious sales..
Balloon :: Balloon (n.) A ball or globe on the top of a pillar, church, etc., as at St. Paul's, in London..
Balloonry :: Balloonry (n.) The art or practice of ascending in a balloon; aeronautics.
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