[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

balloon \balloon"\, 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"erial 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"erial 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
see also:
ball pallone air balloon balloon frame balloon net 

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