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balloon

US /bəˈlun/

noun Advanced · C1 Giải trí & truyền thông

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 balloon
    describing 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 structure
    to balloon mortgage payment structure, meaning to ride in a hot-air balloon
  • Hard ballooning national public debt figures
    to ballooning national public debt figures, meaning to ride in a hot-air balloon
  • Very Hard balloon payment due upon maturity
    to balloon payment due upon maturity, meaning to ride in a hot-air balloon

Learner's English edition · Curated definitions for TOEIC learners.