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Synonyms for ballasting
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : bal-uh st |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈbæl əst |
Top 10 synonyms for ballasting Other synonyms for the word ballasting
- arrange
- ballast
- be ready
- bear
- bolt
- brace
- brood
- buttress
- charge
- chock
- choke
- containerize
- counterbalance
- counterpoise
- equalize
- fasten
- firm
- firm up
- float
- flood
- freeze
- freight
- glut
- gorge
- hang
- heap
- heap up
- hold
- jam
- lumber
- mass
- ossify
- oversupply
- pile it on
- pile up
- place
- poise
- position
- pour in
- preserve
- prop
- put aboard
- ram in
- secure
- set
- settle
- stabilitate
- stabilize
- stack
- stand
- steady
- stiffen
- store
- stow
- stuff
- support
- surfeit
- sustain
- swamp
- top
- top off
- uphold
- wait
- weigh
- weigh down
- weight
Définition of ballasting
Origin :- "heavy material used to steady a ship," 1520s, from Middle English bar "bare" (see bare; in this case "mere") + last "a load, burden," or borrowed from identical terms in North Sea Germanic and Scandinavian (cf. Old Danish barlast, 14c.). "Mere" because not carried for commercial purposes. Dutch balg-last "ballast," literally "belly-load," is a folk-etymology corruption.
- As in load : verb burden, saddle
- As in poise : verb balance, suspend
- As in stabilize : verb make or keep in steady state; make resistant to change
- In the permanent way and ballasting, the reduction will be about one-half.
- Extract from : « The life of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Civil Engineer » by Isambard Brunel
- Meanwhile, others had been ballasting the boat with boulders from the beach.
- Extract from : « A Kut Prisoner » by H. C. W. Bishop
- This is called a "ballasting resistance" and is usually an iron wire in a glass bulb containing hydrogen.
- Extract from : « Artificial Light » by M. Luckiesh
- I mean all he wants is ballasting with a little of that business spirit which we call American push.
- Extract from : « The Silver Poppy » by Arthur Stringer
- Here is a specimen that I got right here where they are ballasting the road.
- Extract from : « The Chautauquan, Vol. III, January 1883 » by The Chautauquan Literary and Scientific Circle
- A large number of men were shoveling the gravel onto flat cars, to be hauled on the line of the railroad for ballasting the track.
- Extract from : « The White Rose of Memphis » by William C. Falkner
- One reason for deferring the masonry work as well as the ballasting was the inability to handle the necessary supplies.
- Extract from : « The Story of the First Trans-Continental Railroad » by W. F. Bailey.
- He has tacked that attachment notice onto a poor innocent old car filled with ballasting cinders.
- Extract from : « Bound to Succeed » by Allen Chapman
- Very imperfect grading and ballasting was done in the hasty building of this road.
- Extract from : « Ten years in the ranks, U.S. army » by Augustus Meyers
- We found them at the landing, ballasting the boat with stones and getting on their oil-skins.
- Extract from : « Our Journey to the Hebrides » by Joseph Pennell and Elizabeth Robins Pennell
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