lighter-than-air craft

Definitions of lighter-than-air craft
  1. noun
    aircraft supported by its own buoyancy
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    airship, dirigible
    a steerable self-propelled aircraft
    balloon
    large tough nonrigid bag filled with gas or heated air
    barrage balloon
    an elongated tethered balloon or blimp with cables or net suspended from it to deter enemy planes that are flying low
    blimp, sausage, sausage balloon
    a small nonrigid airship used for observation or as a barrage balloon
    hot-air balloon
    balloon for travel through the air in a basket suspended below a large bag of heated air
    meteorological balloon
    a small unmanned balloon set aloft to observe atmospheric conditions
    trial balloon
    a balloon sent up to test air currents
    type of:
    aircraft
    a vehicle that can fly
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