Ballast meaning in Urdu & English |
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English to Urdu Dictionary
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English to English Dictionary
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(1) - Ballast (v. t.) To keep steady; to steady, morally.
(2) - Ballast (v. t.) To fill in, as the bed of a railroad, with gravel, stone, etc., in order to make it firm and solid.
(3) - Ballast (v. t.) To steady, as a vessel, by putting heavy substances in the hold.
(4) - Ballast (a.) Fig.: That which gives, or helps to maintain, uprightness, steadiness, and security.
(5) - Ballast (a.) The larger solids, as broken stone or gravel, used in making concrete.
(6) - Ballast (a.) Gravel, broken stone, etc., laid in the bed of a railroad to make it firm and solid.
(7) - Ballast (a.) Any heavy matter put into the car of a balloon to give it steadiness.
(8) - Ballast (a.) 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.
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