ballast




ballast - noun

  • any heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airship
  • coarse gravel laid to form a bed for streets and railroads
  • an attribute that tends to give stability in character and morals; something that steadies the mind or feelings
  • a resistor inserted into a circuit to compensate for changes (as those arising from temperature fluctuations)
  • an electrical device for starting and regulating fluorescent and discharge lamps

    • ballast - verb

    • make steady with a ballast

    ballast - thesaurus

    barretter  

    Scrabble score for ballast

    b is 3 a is 1 l is 1 l is 1 a is 1 s is 1 t is 1
    Scrabble score = 9

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