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BALLOON SAIL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does balloon sail mean?
• BALLOON SAIL (noun)
The noun BALLOON SAIL has 1 sense:
1. any light loose sail
Familiarity information: BALLOON SAIL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any light loose sail
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("balloon sail" is a kind of...):
canvas; canvass; sail; sheet (a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel)
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