ballast

Meaning of ballast

noun
  1. Heavy material that is placed in the hold of a ship (or in the gondola of a balloon), to provide stability.
  2. Anything that steadies emotion or the mind.
  3. Coarse gravel or similar material laid to form a bed for roads or railroads, or in making concrete.
  4. A material, such as aggregate or precast concrete pavers, which employs its mass and the force of gravity to hold single-ply roof membranes in place.
  5. Device used for stabilizing current in an electric circuit (e.g. in a tube lamp supply circuit)
  6. That which gives, or helps to maintain, uprightness, steadiness, and security.
verb
  1. To stabilize or load a ship with ballast.
  2. To lay ballast on the bed of a railroad track.

Information about ballast

  • The plural form of ballast is: ballasts.
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Hyphenation of ballast

bal-last

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • ballast is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

ballast synonyms

Meaning ballast resistor:

barretter

Translation of ballast

Anagrams of ballast

ballats

Words that rhyme with ballast

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