Found 3 items, similar to balloon.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: balloon balon
English → English (WordNet) Definition: balloon balloon n 1: small thin inflatable rubber bag with narrow neck 2: large tough non-rigid bag filled with gas or heated air balloon v 1: ride in a hot-air balloon; “He tried to balloon around the earth but storms forced him to land in China” 2: become inflated; “The sails ballooned” [syn: inflate, billow]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Balloon Balloon \Bal*loon"\, n. [F. ballon, aug. of balle ball: cf. It. ballone. See 1st Ball, n., and cf. Pallone.] 1. 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 a["e]rial navigation. [1913 Webster] 2. (Arch.) A ball or globe on the top of a pillar, church, etc., as at St. Paul's, in London. [R.] [1913 Webster] 3. (Chem.) A round vessel, usually with a short neck, to hold or receive whatever is distilled; a glass vessel of a spherical form. [1913 Webster] 4. (Pyrotechnics) A bomb or shell. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 5. A game played with a large inflated ball. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 6. (Engraving) The outline inclosing words represented as coming from the mouth of a pictured figure. [1913 Webster] Air balloon, a balloon for a["e]rial navigation. Balloon frame (Carp.), a house frame constructed altogether of small timber. Balloon net, a variety of woven lace in which the weft threads are twisted in a peculiar manner around the warp. [1913 Webster] Balloon \Bal*loon"\, v. t. To take up in, or as if in, a balloon. [1913 Webster] Balloon \Bal*loon"\, v. i. 1. To go up or voyage in a balloon. [1913 Webster] 2. To expand, or puff out, like a balloon. [1913 Webster]