inflatable
[in-fley-tuh-buh l]
- an inflatable object, device, or structure, especially a small rubber boat that is inflated with air.
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Origin of inflatable
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Examples from the Web for inflatable
Contemporary Examples
There was an inflatable bouncy house for kids and a thematically appropriate mechanical bull ride for grown-ups.
I changed the beach ball to an inflatable alligator and started writing the story to find out what would happen next.
He enlisted Gavin Turk to help design the Utopic Space Manifest, an inflatable mobile museum, kind of an art circus.
Joshua Compston Was Once the Wunderkind of the British Art World…and Now He’s Been Practically ForgottenAnthony Haden-Guest
January 17, 2014
The women explained how Castro provided nothing other than an inflatable baby pool meant to hold “the mess.”
But it quickly becomes clear that there are no camels, though there are inflatable bouncy houses, naturally.
Historical Examples
Most of the drop sphere is made of inflatable metallic foil, so don't bother to look for the entrance.
Planet of the DamnedHarry Harrison
It turned out to be a combination of a canvas bag and inflatable rubber mattress, called by its makers a "Sleeping Pocket."
Down the YellowstoneLewis R. Freeman
I know, Larry said even as he was climbing into the inflatable vacuum garment.
A Place in the SunC.H. Thames
Most of the drop sphere is made of inflatable metallic foil so don't bother to look for the entrance.
Sense of ObligationHenry Maxwell Dempsey (AKA Harry Harrison)
inflatable
- any of various large air-filled objects made of strong plastic or rubber, used for children to play on at fairs, carnivals, etc
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- capable of being inflated
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