BALLAST
\bˈaləst], \bˈaləst], \b_ˈa_l_ə_s_t]\
Definitions of BALLAST
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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any heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airship
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an electrical device for starting and regulating fluorescent and discharge lamps
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an attribute that tends to give stability in character and morals; something that steadies the mind or feelings
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coarse gravel laid to form a bed for streets and railroads
By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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Any heavy matter put into the car of a balloon to give it steadiness.
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Gravel, broken stone, etc., laid in the bed of a railroad to make it firm and solid.
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The larger solids, as broken stone or gravel, used in making concrete.
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Fig.: That which gives, or helps to maintain, uprightness, steadiness, and security.
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To steady, as a vessel, by putting heavy substances in the hold.
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To fill in, as the bed of a railroad, with gravel, stone, etc., in order to make it firm and solid.
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To keep steady; to steady, morally.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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Any heavy matter put into the car of a balloon to give it steadiness.
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Gravel, broken stone, etc., laid in the bed of a railroad to make it firm and solid.
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The larger solids, as broken stone or gravel, used in making concrete.
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Fig.: That which gives, or helps to maintain, uprightness, steadiness, and security.
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To steady, as a vessel, by putting heavy substances in the hold.
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To fill in, as the bed of a railroad, with gravel, stone, etc., in order to make it firm and solid.
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To keep steady; to steady, morally.
By Noah Webster.
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Heavy material carried by a ship to balance or steady her; sand carried in the car of a balloon to steady it; gravel filling the space between the sleepers or ties of a railway; that which gives strength to the character.
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To place heavy material in or on in order to steady; give steadiness to.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Heavy matter placed in a ship to keep it steady when it has no cargo: that which renders anything steady.
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To load with ballast: to make or keep steady.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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