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beschottern — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • ballast noun Heavy material carried in a ship, balloon, or vehicle to provide stability.

Senses

beschottern is used for these senses in English:

  • ballast (transitive) To lay ballast on the bed of a railroad track.

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 stabilize something by loading it with heavy material.
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