Looking for the meaning or definition of the word ballast? That's all it means.
any heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airship
ballast(noun)coarse gravel laid to form a bed for streets and railroads
ballast(noun)an attribute that tends to give stability in character and morals; something that steadies the mind or feelings
ballast resistor, ballast, barretter(noun)a resistor inserted into a circuit to compensate for changes (as those arising from temperature fluctuations)
ballast, light ballast(verb)an electrical device for starting and regulating fluorescent and discharge lamps
ballast(verb)make steady with a ballast
heavy material (such as rocks or water) that is put on a ship to make it steady or on a balloon to control its height in the air — often used figuratively A large amount of ballast kept the boat from capsizing. Synonyms and Near Synonyms of ballast deadweight burden, cargo, draft, freight, haul, lading, load, loading, payload, weight consignment boatload, carload, shipload, trainload, truckload, wagonload overload, surcharge bale, bundle, pack, package, packet, parcel, shipment manifest body, bulk, massShe provided the ballast the family needed in times of stress.
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