balloon : Idioms & Phrases
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Air balloon
- a balloon for aërial navigation.
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Balloon .
Webster 1913
balloon bomb
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noun a bomb carried by a balloon
Fugo.
- In World War II the Japanese launched balloon bombs against North America
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balloon fish
Bal*loon" fish`
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(Zoöl.) A fish of the genus Diodon or the genusTetraodon , having the power of distending its body by taking air or water into its dilatable esophagus. SeeGlobefish , andBur fish .
Webster 1913
balloon flower
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noun fragrant puffed-up white to reddish-pink flowers in long narrow clusters on erect stems; Arizona to New Mexico and Utah
Penstemon palmeri; scented penstemon.
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Balloon frame
(Carp.) , a house frame constructed altogether of small timber.
Webster 1913
Balloon net
- a variety of woven lace in which the weft threads are twisted in a peculiar manner around the warp.
Webster 1913
balloon sail
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noun any light loose sail
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balloon seat
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noun a seat that has a bell shape (on some 18th century chairs)
bell seat.
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balloon vine
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noun woody perennial climbing plant with large ornamental seed pods that resemble balloons; tropical India and Africa and America
heart pea; Cardiospermum halicacabum.
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ballooning spider
Bal*loon"ing spi"der
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(Zoöl.) A spider which has the habit of rising into the air. Many kinds ( esp. species of Lycosa ) do this while young by ejecting threads of silk until the force of the wind upon them carries the spider aloft.
Webster 1913
barrage balloon
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noun an elongated tethered balloon or blimp with cables or net suspended from it to deter enemy planes that are flying low
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Fire balloon
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(a) A balloon raised in the air by the buoyancy of air heated by a fire placed in the lower part= hot-air balloon .(b) A balloon sent up at night with fireworks which ignite at a regulated height. Simmonds.
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hot-air balloon
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noun balloon for travel through the air in a basket suspended below a large bag of heated air
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kite balloon
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noun a barrage balloon with lobes at one end that keep it headed into the wind
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meteorological balloon
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noun a small unmanned balloon set aloft to observe atmospheric conditions
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Pilot balloon
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noun meteorological balloon used to observe air currents
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- a small balloon sent up in advance of a large one, to show the direction and force of the wind.
Webster 1913
sausage balloon
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noun a small nonrigid airship used for observation or as a barrage balloon
blimp; sausage.
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trial balloon
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noun a test of public opinion
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noun a balloon sent up to test air currents