Definition of balloon

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Balloon (n.) A round vessel, usually with a short neck, to hold or receive whatever is distilled; a glass vessel of a spherical form..

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Ballast :: Ballast (a.) Any heavy matter put into the car of a balloon to give it steadiness.
Balloonry :: Balloonry (n.) The art or practice of ascending in a balloon; aeronautics.
Ballooning Spider :: Ballooning spider () A spider which has the habit of rising into the air. Many kinds ( esp. species of Lycosa) do this while young by ejecting threads of silk until the force of the wind upon them carries the spider aloft.
Balloon :: Balloon (n.) A bomb or shell.
Aerostat :: Aerostat (n.) A balloon.
Aeronaut :: Aeronaut (n.) An aerial navigator; a balloonist.
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..
Car :: Car (n.) The basket, box, or cage suspended from a balloon to contain passengers, ballast, etc..
Balloon :: Balloon (n.) A game played with a large inflated ball.
Balloon :: Balloon (n.) A ball or globe on the top of a pillar, church, etc., as at St. Paul's, in London..
Balloon :: Balloon (v. i.) To expand, or puff out, like a balloon..
Ballooning :: Ballooning (n.) The art or practice of managing balloons or voyaging in them.
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..
Inflated :: Inflated (a.) Filled, as with air or gas; blown up; distended; as, a balloon inflated with gas..
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..
Ascensional :: Ascensional (a.) Relating to ascension; connected with ascent; ascensive; tending upward; as, the ascensional power of a balloon..
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.
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