| Engels > Nederlands |
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| balloon |
| 1. ballon |
| Engels > Engels |
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| balloon |
| 1. n. An inflatable buoyant object, often (but not necessarily) round and flexible. |
| 2. n. Such an object as a child’s toy. |
| 3. n. Such an object designed to transport people through the air. |
| 4. n. (medicine) A sac inserted into part of the body for therapeutic reasons; such as angioplasty. |
| 5. n. A speech bubble. |
| 6. n. A type of glass cup, sometimes used for brandy. |
| 7. n. (architecture) A ball or globe on the top of a pillar, church, etc. |
| the balloon of St. Paul's Cathedral in London |
| 8. n. (chemistry) A round vessel, usually with a short neck, to hold or receive whatever is distilled; a glass vessel of a spherical form. |
| 9. n. (pyrotechnics) A bomb or shell. |
| 10. n. (obsolete) A game played with a large inflated ball. |
| 11. n. (engraving) The outline enclosing words represented as coming from the mouth of a pictured figure. |
| 12. n. (slang) A woman’s breast. |
| 13. v. (intransitive) To increase or expand rapidly. |
| His stomach ballooned from eating such a large meal. |
| Prices will balloon if we don't act quickly. |
| 14. v. (intransitive) To go up or voyage in a balloon. |
| 15. v. To take up in, or as if in, a balloon. |
| 16. v. To inflate like a balloon. |
| 17. v. (transitive, sports) To strike (a ball) so that it flies high in the air. |
| Nederlands > Engels |
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| luchtballon |
| 1. n-m. balloon (inflatable object to transport people through the air) |
| We gingen vroeg in de ochtend een ritje maken in een luchtballon. - We went for a ride in a hot air balloon early in the morning. |
