balloon
/bəˈlun/ noun A2- An inflatable buoyant object, often (but not necessarily) 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; such as angioplasty.
- A speech bubble.
- A wide rounded glass with a stem and foot, used for wine, brandy, etc.
- A ball or globe on the top of a pillar, church, etc. · the balloon of St. Paul’s Cathedral in London
- A round vessel, usually with a short neck, to hold or receive whatever is distilled; a glass vessel of a spherical form.
Plural balloons
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We saw a man go up in a balloon.
I’d love to go up in a balloon, Marilla; it would be simply thrilling; and we saw a man selling fortunes.
The Emerald City was built a great many years ago, for I was a young man when the balloon brought me here, and I am a very old man now.
Dorothy felt as if she were going up in a balloon.
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