balloon
/bəˈluːn/
An inflatable buoyant object, often round and flexible; Such an object as a child’s toy or party decoration; Such an object designed to transport people or equipment through the air; A sac inserted into part of the body for therapeutic reasons
- plural
- balloons
Meanings
- 1
An inflatable buoyant object, often (but not necessarily) round and flexible
Tom blew up the balloon.
Tatoeba · CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
The balloon went up slowly.
Tatoeba · _undertoad · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
Such an object as a child’s toy or party decoration
- 3
Such an object designed to transport people or equipment through the air
- 4
A sac inserted into part of the body for therapeutic reasons; such as angioplasty
- 5
A speech bubblerare
- 6
A wide rounded glass with a stem and foot, used for wine, brandy, etcrare
- 7
A ball or globe on the top of a pillar, church, etcrare
- 8
A round vessel, usually with a short neck, to hold or receive whatever is distilled; a glass vessel of a spherical formrare
- 9
A bomb or shellrare
- 10
A game played with a large inflated ballrare