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inflatable

inflatable

4 3.0
A thing you fill with air to play on or float on water
  • noun
  • /ɪnˈfleɪtəbl/
translation icon : inflable
  • Bounce the day away: Are your kids like mine and simply adore inflatables?

You might be wondering why we have such huge inflatables.

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Examples

  • And we have some inflatable pillows, which we didn't think we were going to have.

  • We just need to also bring this little tiny inflatable that the boys bought yesterday at the shop.

  • There was three of them in an inflatable.

    Bombshell (2016)

  • We need a, we need an inflatable sofa with cup holders.

  • So it's like an inflatable ring toss that we could play on Easter Sunday.

  • So now we are going to go in the inflatable obstacle course.

  • Though inflatable inserts have been available for several years, their use is limited.

    Academic text (2001)

  • It's a giant inflatable bathtub duck.

  • But now on to our last product, which is a huge inflatable Unicorn sprinkler.

  • The kids had a great time playing on the inflatable slide at the birthday party.

Compounds

inflatable cushion
3.2

A soft pad that you fill with air to sit on

Surface Forms

inflatable singular
inflatables plural

Morphology

inflatable = inflate (transparent) = inflate + able

The meaning is directly built from 'inflate' plus '-able', indicating something that can be inflated.

Etymology

Inflatable comes from the verb inflate 'to blow air into', so an inflatable (noun) is 'an object meant to be filled with air or gas'. That is why you 'blow up' a pool float or mattress before you use it.