Balloon

Part of speech: noun (n.)

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 aërial navigation.

2. A ball or globe on the top of a pillar, church, etc., as at St. Paul's, in London. [R.]

3. A round vessel, usually with a short neck, to hold or receive whatever is distilled; a glass vessel of a spherical form.

4. A bomb or shell. [Obs.]

5. A game played with a large inf [Obs.]

6. The outline inclosing words represented as coming from the mouth of a pictured figure. Air balloon, a balloon for aërial 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.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To take up in, or as if in, a balloon.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

1. To go up or voyage in a balloon.

2. To expand, or puff out, like a balloon.