Schotter — meaning in English

English meaning

ballast noun Heavy material carried in a ship, balloon, or vehicle to provide stability.
gravel noun Small loose stones and pebbles, often used to surface roads, paths, or driveways.
grit noun Small, hard particles such as sand, dirt, or grime.
spoil verb To ruin something, making it unusable, unpleasant, or less enjoyable.

Schotter is used for these senses in English:

ballast Coarse gravel or similar material laid to form a bed for roads or railroads, or in making concrete; track ballast.
gravel (uncountable) Small fragments of rock, used for laying on the beds of roads and railways, and as ballast.
grit A collection of hard small materials, such as dirt, ground stone, debris from sandblasting or other such grinding, or swarf from metalworking.
spoil (uncountable) Material (such as rock or earth) removed in the course of an excavation, or in mining or dredging. Tailings. Such material could be utilised somewhere else.

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