| NOUN | artifact | balloon | large tough nonrigid bag filled with gas or heated air |
|---|---|---|---|
| artifact | balloon | small thin inflatable rubber bag with narrow neck | |
| VERB | motion | balloon | ride / ride in a hot-air balloon |
| change | balloon, inflate, billow | become inflated |
| Sounds | bahluw'n | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | afternoon ... Witherspoon: 64 rhymes with uwn... | |
| Meaning | large tough nonrigid bag filled with gas or heated air. | |
|---|---|---|
| Parts | envelope, gasbag | The bag containing the gas in a balloon |
| ripcord | A cord that is pulled to open the gasbag of a balloon wide enough to release gas and so causes the balloon to descend | |
| Narrower | hot-air balloon | balloon for travel through the air in a basket suspended below a large bag of heated air |
| meteorological balloon | A small unmanned balloon set aloft to observe atmospheric conditions | |
| trial balloon | A balloon sent up to test air currents | |
| Broader | lighter-than-air craft | aircraft supported by its own buoyancy |
| Spanish | balón, globo aerostático, globo | |
| Catalan | globus aeroestàtic, globus | |
| Nouns | balloonist | someone who flies a balloon |
| Verbs | balloon | ride / ride in a hot-air balloon |
| Meaning | small thin inflatable rubber bag with narrow neck. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | plaything, toy | An artifact designed to be played with |
| Spanish | globo | |
| Catalan | baló, globus | |
| Meaning | ride / ride in a hot-air balloon. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Example | "He tried to balloon around the earth but storms forced him to land in China" | |
| Broader | fly, aviate, pilot | Operate an airplane |
| Spanish | volar en globo | |
| Nouns | balloon | large tough nonrigid bag filled with gas or heated air |
| balloonist | someone who flies a balloon | |
| Meaning | Become inflated. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
| Example | "The sails ballooned" | |
| Synonyms | inflate, billow | |
| Narrower | reflate | Become inflated again |
| Broader | expand | Become larger / larger in size or volume or quantity |
| Spanish | hincharse, hinchar, inflar | |
| Catalan | inflar-se, inflar | |
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