Australian English Meaning of ballasts

ballasts

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Definitions and Meaning of ballasts in English

ballasts

to provide with ballast, to fill in (something, such as a railroad bed) with ballast (see ballast entry 1 sense 3), to steady or equip with or as if with ballast, something that gives stability (as in character or conduct), a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine), having only ballast for a load, gravel or broken stone laid in a railroad bed or used in making concrete, a device used to provide the starting voltage or to stabilize the current in a circuit (as of a fluorescent lamp), heavy material used especially to make a ship steady or to control the rising of a balloon, gravel or broken stone laid in a foundation for a railroad or used in making concrete

FAQs About the word ballasts

ballasts

to provide with ballast, to fill in (something, such as a railroad bed) with ballast (see ballast entry 1 sense 3), to steady or equip with or as if with ballas

burdens,cargo,deadweights,drafts,freights,loadings,loads,payloads,shipments,weights

No antonyms found.

ballads => ballads, ball games => Ball games, balks => obstacles, balking (at) => baulking (at), balked (at) => balk at,