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1. A flexible bag designed to be inflated with hot air or with a gas, such as helium, that is lighter than the surrounding air, causing it to rise and float in the atmosphere. Such a bag with sufficient capacity to lift and transport a suspended gondola or other load. Such a bag shaped like a figure or object when inflated; an inflatable.
[Source: The American Heritage? Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright ? 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.]
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