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Ballast Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Ballast?
[n] any heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airship
[v] make steady with a ballast Synonyms | Synonyms for Ballast: Related Terms | Find terms related to Ballast: balance | break bulk | break out ballast | clear for action | clear the decks | consideration | counterbalance | counterpoise | counterweight | equipoise | equivalent | firm | firm up | freeze | give-and-take | hold | immobilize | keep | lead | makeweight | nail down | offset | pin down | poise | quid pro quo | retain | sandbag | setoff | shift ballast | shoot ballast | something of value | stabilitate | stabilize | steady | stick | tit for tat | transfix | trim | trim ship | trim up | weigh down | weight | weight down | wing out ballast See Also | brace | matter | stabilise | stabilize | steady | substance Ballast In Webster's Dictionary \Bal"last\, n. [D. ballast; akin to Dan. baglast,
ballast, OSw. barlast, Sw. ballast. The first part is perh.
the same word as E. bare, adj.; the second is last a burden,
and hence the meaning a bare, or mere, load. See {Bare}, a.,
and {Last} load.]
1. (Naut.) Any heavy substance, as stone, iron, etc., put
into the hold to sink a vessel in the water to such a
depth as to prevent capsizing.
2. Any heavy matter put into the car of a balloon to give it
steadiness.
3. Gravel, broken stone, etc., laid in the bed of a railroad
to make it firm and solid.
4. The larger solids, as broken stone or gravel, used in
making concrete.
5. Fig.: That which gives, or helps to maintain, uprightness,
steadiness, and security.
It [piety] is the right ballast of prosperity.
--Barrow.
{Ballast engine}, a steam engine used in excavating and for
digging and raising stones and gravel for ballast.
{Ship in ballast}, a ship carring only ballast.
\Bal"last\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ballasted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ballasting}.] 1. To steady, as a vessel, by putting heavy substances in the hold. 2. To fill in, as the bed of a railroad, with gravel, stone, etc., in order to make it firm and solid. 3. To keep steady; to steady, morally. 'T is charity must ballast the heart. --Hammond. |
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