балло́н — meaning in English

English meaning

• balloon noun A flexible bag that inflates with air or gas, used as a toy, decoration, or for flight.
• cylinder noun A solid or hollow object with straight parallel sides and a circular cross-section, like a tube or a can.
• tank noun A large container built to hold a liquid or gas.

Senses

балло́н is used for these senses in English:

• balloon (medicine) A sac inserted into part of the body for therapeutic reasons; such as angioplasty.
• cylinder The part of a revolver that contains chambers for the cartridges.
• tank A closed container for liquids or gases.

balloon — full definition

1. noun A flexible bag that inflates with air or gas, used as a toy, decoration, or for flight.
2. noun The rounded outline enclosing a character's speech in a comic strip.
3. verb To swell or increase rapidly in size or amount.

cylinder — full definition

1. noun A solid or hollow object with straight parallel sides and a circular cross-section, like a tube or a can.
2. noun The chamber in an engine in which a piston moves back and forth.
3. noun A container shaped like a tube used to hold pressurized gas.

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