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Word | Ballast |
make steady with a ballast / anything heavy carried in a ship, airplane or vehicle in order to give stability / Any heavy substance, as stone, iron, etc., put into the hold to sink a vessel in the water to such a depth as to prevent capsizing. / heavy substance used to add stability or weight / a young deer in its first year. / heavy material (such as rocks or water) that is put on a ship to make it steady or on a balloon to control its height in the air, | |
Usage | ⇒ Ballasts are used to make foundations for railways ⇒ The ship was listing badly to one side; it was necessary to shift the ballast in the hold to get her back on an even keel. ⇒ There is also the loss of wild life, especially deer and their young fawns who graze high on the mountain slope and shelter in the forestry. |
Synonyms | weight, balance, anchor, ballast resistor, counterbalance, counterpoise, barretter, counterweight, load, stabilize, brace, poise, quid pro quo, stabilise, steady, support, tit for tat, aplomb, burden, equilibrium, |
Antonyms | unsteadiness, |
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