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Ballast

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Noun

1. ballast

any heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airship

2. ballast

coarse gravel laid to form a bed for streets and railroads

3. ballast

an attribute that tends to give stability in character and morals; something that steadies the mind or feelings

4. ballast, ballast resistor, barretter

a resistor inserted into a circuit to compensate for changes (as those arising from temperature fluctuations)

5. ballast, light ballast

an electrical device for starting and regulating fluorescent and discharge lamps

Verb

6. ballast

make steady with a ballast

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Ballast

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noun
1. 
any dense heavy material, such as lead or iron pigs, used to stabilize a vessel, esp one that is not carrying cargo
2. 
crushed rock, broken stone, etc, used for the foundation of a road or railway track
3. 
coarse aggregate of sandy gravel, used in making concrete
4. 
anything that provides stability or weight
5. electronics
a device for maintaining the current in a circuit
verb (transitive)
6. 
to give stability or weight to

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Ballast

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noun
1. 
anything heavy carried in a ship, aircraft, or vehicle to give stability or in a balloon or airship to help control altitude
2. 
anything giving stability and firmness to character, human relations, etc.
3. 
crushed rock or gravel, as that placed between and below railroad ties
verb transitive
4. 
to furnish with ballast; stabilize
5. 
to fill in (a railroad bed) with ballast

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Ballast

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n.
1. Heavy material that is carried to improve stability or maintain proper trim, as on a ship, or to limit buoyancy, as on a balloon.
2.
a. Coarse gravel or crushed rock laid to form a bed for roads or railroads.
b. The gravel ingredient of concrete.
3. Something that gives stability, especially in character.
tr.v. bal·last·ed, bal·last·ing, bal·lasts
1. To stabilize or provide with ballast.
2. To fill (a railroad bed) with or as if with ballast.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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