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