balast — meaning in English
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English meaning
Senses
balast is used for these senses in English:
- ballast (nautical) Heavy material that is placed in the hold of a ship (or in the gondola of a balloon), to provide stability.
- ballast Coarse gravel or similar material laid to form a bed for roads or railroads, or in making concrete; track ballast.
- dead weight (figuratively) That which is useless or excess; that which slows something down.
- jettison (uncountable, collective) Items that have been or are about to be ejected from a boat or balloon.
ballast — full definition
- 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 stabilise something by loading it with heavy material.
jettison — full definition
- verb To throw cargo or equipment overboard or overboard-equivalent, usually to lighten a vessel or aircraft in an emergency.
- verb To abandon or discard something no longer wanted or useful.
- noun The act of throwing something overboard, or the items thrown out this way.