Definitions for ballonet

ballonet bal·lo·net

Spelling: [bal-uh-ney]
IPA: /ˌbæl əˈneɪ/

Ballonet is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 291 anagrams from letters in ballonet (abellnot).

Definitions for ballonet

noun

  1. an air or gasbag compartment in a balloon or airship, used to control buoyancy and maintain shape.

Origin of ballonet

From French, dating back to 1900-05; See origin at balloon, -et

Examples for ballonet

There are two noteworthy innovations in connection with the ballonet.

The wind blowing against the opening, which faces it, charges the ballonet with air.

Special features is a "belly" of Para rubber in lieu of a ballonet.

(p. 067) The balloon frame was divided into seventeen compartments, each of which held a ballonet filled with hydrogen gas.

It had an internal air-bag or ballonet whose capacity was one-fifth that of the envelope.

ballonet, filled by a separate motor giving 7.5 inches of water pressure.

The magneto was run by a belt from one of the ballonet blowers.

It appears to be rearing up on end, as if the extremity saddled with the ballonet were weighted.

The air pump, which should have pumped the ballonet full of air to keep the balloon rigid failed to work.

Word Value for ballonet
Scrable

10

Words with friends

14

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