balloon
Noun
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is a type of: lighter-than-air craft - aircraft supported by its own buoyancysubtypes:
- 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
Verb
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is a type of: expand - become larger in size or volume or quantitysubtypes: reflate - become inflated again
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