balloon
US /bəˈlun/
Definition
large tough nonrigid bag filled with gas or heated air
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
Children received a colorful balloon at the entrance of the festival.
Word Family
NounNoun
balloon gốc
balloonist
VerbVerb
balloon gốc
AdjectiveAdj
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AdverbAdv
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Collocations
- Easy hot air balloondescribing hot air balloon (used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning)
- Medium balloon mortgage payment structureto balloon mortgage payment structure, meaning to ride in a hot-air balloon
- Hard ballooning national public debt figuresto ballooning national public debt figures, meaning to ride in a hot-air balloon
- Very Hard balloon payment due upon maturityto balloon payment due upon maturity, meaning to ride in a hot-air balloon
Learner's English edition · Curated definitions for TOEIC learners.