hot-air balloon
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3.1
- noun
- /ˈhɑtˌɛr bəˈlun/
:
globo aerostático
- Hot air balloons are lighter than air and that's why they fly.
JJI came to this podcast today with my girlfriend in a hot air balloon.
- JJI came to this podcast today with my girlfriend in a hot air balloon.
- Just like for me, the fact that they like hot air balloons is a big thing.
- Mining, airline pilot, hot air balloon repairman.
- It's got a mouse, a human brain, a bowling ball, a hot air balloon, and Earth.
- They're trying to keep this hot air balloon in the sky because of this balloon.
Examples
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Have you ever been up in a hot air balloon?
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The day of the balloon festival, I felt as light and giddy as a hot-air balloon.
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Do you know how to build a hot air balloon?
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Is that a hot air balloon?
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Turns out there are a number of accessible hot air balloons in the US.
Blog text (5) -
The ballast keeps the hot air balloon from floating too high or floating away.
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I like my men to be adventurous, to have done things, climbed mountains, flown in hot-air balloons.
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Just 150 years ago, the Montgolfier brothers, two Frenchmen... made the first controlled flight in a hot-air balloon.
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We're floating in a hot air balloon near Sioux Falls, SD, and it's time to spin the wheel of Mythically.
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At the festival, we watched as colorful hot-air balloons floated gracefully in the sky.
Synonyms
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8.1
A flying machine like a balloon or airship that floats using a light gas
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5.9
An aircraft that floats because it is lighter than the air, like a balloon or airship
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
hot-air + balloon
The meaning 'a balloon filled with heated air for flight' is directly and compositionally derived from the constituents 'hot' + 'air' + 'balloon' — a balloon containing hot air. This compound follows a transparent noun-modifier pattern common in English and other languages, so a B1 learner who knows the component words would readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
The word hot-air balloon comes from a simple picture: a big balloon filled with hot air over a fire, and the warm air makes it 'lift' off the ground. So the name now means 'a balloon filled with heated air that carries people'.