BARRAGE BALLOON

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

An elongated tethered balloon or blimp with cables or net suspended from it to deter enemy planes that are flying low

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("barrage balloon" is a kind of...):

airship; dirigible (a steerable self-propelled aircraft)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "barrage balloon"):

kite balloon (a barrage balloon with lobes at one end that keep it headed into the wind)