ballast — meaning in English

English meaning

• ballast noun Heavy material carried in a ship, balloon, or vehicle to provide stability.
• jettison verb To throw cargo or equipment overboard or overboard-equivalent, usually to lighten a vessel or aircraft in an emergency.

Senses

ballast is used for these senses in English:

• jettison (uncountable, collective) Items that have been or are about to be ejected from a boat or balloon.

ballast — full definition

1. noun Heavy material carried in a ship, balloon, or vehicle to provide stability.
2. noun Crushed stone or gravel laid down to form a stable bed for a road or railway track.
3. verb To stabilise something by loading it with heavy material.

jettison — full definition

1. verb To throw cargo or equipment overboard or overboard-equivalent, usually to lighten a vessel or aircraft in an emergency.
2. verb To abandon or discard something no longer wanted or useful.
3. noun The act of throwing something overboard, or the items thrown out this way.

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