NOUN | artifact | ballast | any heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airship |
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substance | ballast | coarse gravel laid to form a bed for streets and railroads | |
attribute | ballast | an attribute that tends to give stability in character and morals | |
artifact | ballast, ballast resistor, barretter | a resistor inserted into a circuit to compensate for changes (as those arising from temperature fluctuations) | |
artifact | ballast, light ballast | an electrical device for starting and regulating fluorescent and discharge lamps | |
VERB | change | ballast | make steady with a ballast |
Sounds | bae'lahst | |
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Rhymes | abolitionist ... zoologist: 193 rhymes with ahst... |
Meaning | Any heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airship. | |
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Broader | material, stuff | The tangible / tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object |
Spanish | balastro, lastre | |
Catalan | llast | |
Verbs | ballast | make steady with a ballast |
Meaning | coarse gravel laid to form a bed for streets and railroads. | |
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Broader | gravel, crushed rock | rock fragments and pebbles |
Spanish | balasto, balastro |
Meaning | An attribute that tends to give stability in character and morals; something that steadies the mind or feelings. | |
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Broader | attribute | An abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity |
Meaning | A resistor inserted into a circuit to compensate for changes (as those arising from temperature fluctuations). | |
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Synonyms | ballast resistor, barretter | |
Broader | resistor, resistance | An electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current |
Meaning | An electrical device for starting and regulating fluorescent and discharge lamps. | |
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Synonym | light ballast | |
Broader | electrical device | A device that produces or is powered by electricity |
Spanish | estabilizador de iluminación, estabilizador |
Meaning | make steady with a ballast. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Broader | brace, steady, stabilize, stabilise | support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace / brace |
Spanish | lastrar | |
Catalan | llastrar | |
Nouns | ballast | any heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airship |
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