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Definition of Ballast |
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Ballast
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. Any heavy matter put into the car of a balloon to give it steadiness. Gravel, broken stone, etc., laid in the bed of a railroad to make it firm and solid. The larger solids, as broken stone or gravel, used in making concrete. Fig.: That which gives, or helps to maintain, uprightness, steadiness, and security. To steady, as a vessel, by putting heavy substances in the hold. To fill in, as the bed of a railroad, with gravel, stone, etc., in order to make it firm and solid. To keep steady; to steady, morally. Related Definitions: And, Any, As, Balloon, Bed, Broken, By, Capsizing, Car, Concrete, Depth, Fig, Fill, Firm, Give, Gives, Gravel, Heavy, Hold, In, Into, Iron, It, Keep, Laid, Maintain, Make, Making, Matter, Morally, Of, Or, Order, Prevent, Put, Putting, Railroad, Security, Sink, Solid, Steadiness, Steady, Stone, Substance, Such, That, The, To, Uprightness, Used, Vessel, Water, Which, With |
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Ballast Quotations
For him to have understood me would have meant reorganizing his thinking... giving up his intellectual ballast, and few people are willing to risk such a radical move. Edward T. Hall Less judgment than wit is more sail than ballast. William Penn Enthusiasms, like stimulants, are often affected by people with small mental ballast. Minna Antrim |
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Ballast Translations
ballast in Danish is ballast ballast in Dutch is ballast ballast in French is ballast, lest ballast in German is Ballast, Ballast {m}, mit Ballast beladen ballast in Portuguese is reator ballast in Swedish is barlast |
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