Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Designed to be filled with air or gas before use: an inflatable mattress.
- n. An object or device that can be filled with air or gas, especially:
- n. A small rubber boat or raft filled with air.
- n. A large helium or hot-air balloon constructed so as to resemble a figure or object when inflated.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Capable of inflation; that may be inflated or distended.
Wiktionary
- adj. Able to be inflated or blown up.
- n. nautical A boat or dinghy that may be inflated when needed.
- n. Any other structure, artwork etc. that is inflated.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. That may be inflated.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. designed to be filled with air or gas
Etymologies
- inflate + -able (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Search and rescue crews were looking for the other three crew members in inflatable boats and using nearby aircraft, including search and rescue helicopters, until about 6: 30 p.m. when the helicopters were called off for safety reasons, Hanzlik said.”
“There were other children my age playing with what I can only describe as inflatable silver pillows.”
“So that's how the idea of inflatable tents came up.”
“You can now do that with the latest innovation called the inflatable hot tubs.”
“The CPSC says the recalled inflatable baby floats were sold in a variety of styles and colors.”
“Aqua-Leisure Industries is recalling inflatable baby floats sold nationwide from December 2002 to June 2009.”
“With the raw materials, the labor costs, the cargo fees going up and now the renminbi appreciation, it's really hard to do business," said Huang Hongying, 50, who runs a company with her husband making plastic products such as inflatable backyard pools, pool toys and rafts.”
“the drizzly chaos preceding our 4th of July celebration knowing each of the older campers by name inflatable kyak races on the pool”
“The Shuttle's large payload bay might also make it possible for NASA to test next generation technologies such as inflatable hab modules and various Orion components (like the solar arrays) in space conditions before their operational introduction.”
Shuttle Extension To 2015 Possible - But Not Cheap - NASA Watch
“In 2004, the most recent year for which we found complete data, inflatable rides, such as inflatable slides and bouncers, accounted for an estimated 4,900 injuries treated in hospital emergency rooms, according to the agency.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘inflatable’.
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TECH - department store terms
absorbable, access road, account book, acoustic, adding machine, adhesive, advisory service, aeration, air compressor, air conditioner, air filter, alarm system and 231 more...
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The Sog Collection
My big word list.
chaos, flaccid, empirical, flotsam, cacophony, grumble, assuage, awe, romance, mortality, coalesce, fortuitous and 3282 more...
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Papageno's Words, Pt. I
hobbledehoy, absquatulate, chthonic, prolix, ululate, internecine, verisimilitude, animadversion, concupiscence, vertiginous, cucullate, lucubrate and 1554 more...
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Words & Phrases #3 (Getting There...)
prescription, diminish, stringent, tone, tugboat, geek, top-notch, retrofit, paranoid, ferris wheel, fountain, apex and 8 more...
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fred's string
this list is a list.
shingle, inflatable, throbbing, bludge, tendon, weiner, gutter, bong, glacier, kite, giggle, sibling and 52 more...
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sailing
ballast, beam, boom, bow, bowsprit, bridge, buoy, chart, cockpit, current, davits, deck and 86 more...
Tweets
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michaelt42 Overheard in Newlyn, Cornwall, recently: "I'm not your type - I'm not inflatable." Mar 4, 2012