🇬🇧 en fr 🇫🇷

ballast noun

  /ˈbæl.əst/
  • (nautical) Heavy material that is placed in the hold of a ship (or in the gondola of a balloon), to provide stability.
 lest
  • (countable, electricity, electronics) device used for stabilizing current in an electric circuit (e.g. in a tube lamp supply circuit)
 ballast
  • Coarse gravel or similar material laid to form a bed for roads or railroads, or in making concrete; track ballast.
 ballast, remblai

ballast verb

  /ˈbæl.əst/
  • To stabilize or load a ship with ballast.
 ballaster

ballasting

lestage

🇫🇷 fr en 🇬🇧

ballaster

ballast
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