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- Dictionaryballoon/bəˈluːn/
noun
- 1. a small coloured rubber bag that is inflated with air and then sealed at the neck, used as a child'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 one carrying a basket for passengers: "he set his sights on crossing the Pacific by balloon"
verb
- 1. swell out in a spherical shape: "the trousers ballooned out below his waist" Similar Opposite
- 2. (with reference to a ball) lob or be lobbed high in the air: British "the ball ballooned into the air"
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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. : a bag that is filled with heated air or a gas lighter than air so as to rise and float in the atmosphere and that usually carries a suspended load (such as a gondola with passengers) b. : an inflatable bag (as of rubber or plastic) usually used as a toy or for decoration. c.
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.
1. an inflatable rubber bag of various sizes, shapes, and colours: usually used as a plaything or party decoration. 2. (Aeronautics) a large impermeable bag inflated with a lighter-than-air gas, designed to rise and float in the atmosphere. It may have a basket or gondola for carrying passengers, etc.
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 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.
Definition of balloon noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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 small coloured rubber bag that you fill with air to play with or to use as a decoration: Could you help me to blow up some balloons? See also. hot-air balloon. balloon. verb [ I ] uk / bəˈluːn / us. to suddenly become much larger: I ballooned to 14 stone when I had my second baby.
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.
