US /ˈbæləst/ UK /ˈbæl.əst/
verb Freq #23471

Meanings

  1. 1
    verb

    to make a ship steady with a ballast

    We need to ballast the ship.

Thesaurus

Word family
Forms ballastedballastingballasts
Derived forms autoballasterballastageballastlessballastmasterdeballastoverballastreballastreballastingunballastunballasted

Etymology

From Middle English bar (“bare”) + last (“load”).

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