| NOUN | artifact | ballast | any heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airship |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abolitionist ... zoologist: 193 rhymes with ahst... | |
| Meaning | Any heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airship. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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). | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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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