BARRAGE BALLOON

Meaning of BARRAGE BALLOON in English

[barrage balloon] n (ca. 1920): a small captive balloon used to support wires or nets as protection against air attacks

Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012

BARRAGE BALLOON — noun Date: circa 1920 a small captive balloon used to support wires or nets as protection against air attacks
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BARRAGE BALLOON — noun Etymology: barrage (II) : a small captive balloon used to support wires or nets as protection against air attacks
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BARRAGE BALLOON — a balloon or blimp, usually one of several anchored around a military area, city, etc., from which wires or nets …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BARRAGE BALLOON — Date: circa 1920 : a small captive balloon used to support wires or nets as protection against air attacks
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BARRAGE BALLOON — Function: noun Date: circa 1920 : a small captive balloon used to support wires or nets as protection against air …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
BARRAGE BALLOON — ■ noun a large anchored balloon, typically with netting suspended from it, serving as an obstacle to low-flying enemy aircraft.
Concise Oxford English vocab
BARRAGE BALLOON — noun a large balloon that floats in the air and is held in place by cables, used in the past …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BARRAGE BALLOON — ˈbarrage balˌloon / $ .ˈ..ˌ./ BrE AmE noun [countable] a large bag that floats in the air to prevent enemy …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BARRAGE BALLOON — ( barrage balloons) Barrage balloons are large balloons which are fixed to the ground by strong steel cables. They are …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BARRAGE BALLOON — (~s) Barrage balloons are large balloons which are fixed to the ground by strong steel cables. They are used in …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
BARRAGE BALLOON — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Cider and Guinness had given him a barrage balloon for a stomach. ▪ The winch …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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English-Russian Online Dictionary
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BARRAGE — (-aje) n I. barrier, bar, obstacle; II. barrage (1. dam; 2. [Mil.])
Interlingua English vocab
BARRAGE — barrage
English interlingue dictionary
BARRAGE — I. ˈbärij, ˈbȧr-, -rēj noun ( -s ) Etymology: French, from barrer to bar + -age — more at bar …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BALLOON — I. bəˈlün noun ( -s ) Etymology: Italian dialect ballone (Italian pallone ), aug. of Italian dialect balla, of Germanic …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BARRAGE — /beuh rahzh"/ ; esp. Brit. /bar"ahzh/ for 1, 2, 4, 5; /bahr"ij/ for 3 , n. , v. , barraged, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BALLOON — — balloonlike , adj. /beuh loohn"/ , n. 1. a bag made of thin rubber or other light material, usually …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BARRAGE — I. ˈbär-ij noun Etymology: French, from barrer to bar, from barre bar Date: 1845 : a dam placed in a …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BALLOON — I. bə-ˈlün noun Etymology: French ballon large football, balloon, from Italian dialect ballone large football, augmentative of balla ball, of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BALLOON — noun a bomb or shell. 2. balloon ·vi to go up or voyage in a balloon. 3. balloon ·vt to …
Webster English vocab
BARRAGE — [bar.rage] n [F, fr. barrer to bar, fr. barre bar] (1859): a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BALLOON — [bal.loon] n [F ballon large football, balloon, fr. It dial. ballone large football, aug. of balla ball, of Gmc origin] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BALLOON — Ascent of a Piccard balloon large airtight bag filled with hot air or a lighter-than-air gas, such as helium or …
Britannica English vocabulary
BARRAGE — I barrag|e 'dam' BrE AmE ˈbær ɑːʒ -ɑːdʒ AmE ˈbɑːr ɪdʒ (*) ▷ barrag|es ɪz əz II barrag|e 'artillery fire' …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BALLOON — balloon BrE AmE bə ˈluːn ▷ balloon|ed d ▷ balloon|ing ɪŋ ▷ balloon|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BARRAGE — / ˈbærɑːʒ; NAmE bəˈrɑːʒ/ noun 1. [ C , usually sing. ] the continuous firing of a large number of …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BALLOON — / bəˈluːn; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. a small bag made of very thin rubber that becomes …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BARRAGE — I. bar ‧ rage 1 /ˈbærɑːʒ $ bəˈrɑːʒ/ BrE AmE noun 1 . [countable usually singular] the continuous firing of …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BALLOON — I. bal ‧ loon 1 /bəˈluːn/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: French ; Origin: ballon 'large …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BALLOON — n. & v. --n. 1 a small inflatable rubber pouch with a neck, used as a child's toy or as …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BARRAGE — n. 1 a concentrated artillery bombardment over a wide area. 2 a rapid succession of questions or criticisms. 3 an …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BALLOON — n. & v. n. 1 a small inflatable rubber pouch with a neck, used as a child's toy or as …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BARRAGE — n.1 a concentrated artillery bombardment over a wide area. 2 a rapid succession of questions or criticisms. 3 an artificial …
Oxford English vocab
BALLOON — n. & v. --n. 1. a small inflatable rubber pouch with a neck, used as a child's toy or as …
Oxford English vocab
BARRAGE — Pronounced /bɑ:rɪdʒ/ for meaning 4 in American English. ( barrages, barraging, barraged) 1. A barrage is continuous firing on an …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BALLOON — ( balloons, ballooning, ballooned) 1. A balloon is a small, thin, rubber bag that you blow air into so that …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BARRAGE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a storm/barrage of criticism (= a lot of criticism ) ▪ His comments provoked …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BALLOON — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES barrage balloon blow up...balloon ▪ Can you blow up this balloon ? hot-air balloon …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BARRAGE — (ATTACK) [noun] [C usually singular] - continuous firing of large guns to protect soldiers advancing on an enemy, or (figurative) …
Cambridge English vocab
BALLOON — n. Large airtight bag filled with hot air or a lighter-than-air gas such as helium or hydrogen that can rise …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BARRAGE — n. Function: noun a vigorous expulsion or projection of many things at once FF1C; the announcement was met with a …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
BARRAGE — noun a vigorous expulsion or projection of many things at once the announcement was met with a barrage of protests …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
BARRAGE — noun 1 firing of guns ADJECTIVE ▪ heavy , intense , massive ▪ artillery , missile , mortar , rocket …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
BALLOON — I. noun 1 toy ADJECTIVE ▪ helium ▪ helium ~s for the children's party ▪ water ▪ colourful/colorful ▪ party …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
BARRAGE
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
BARRAGE — 1. A prearranged barrier of fires, except that delivered by small arms, designed to protect friendly troops and installations by …
DOD English Dictionary of Military Terms

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