Collocations for "ballast"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "ballast" in context.
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ballast
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- the [ship's, barge's] ballast
- the ballast of the [ship]
- the [vessel, ship] discharged its ballast
- used [iron, sand, gravel] as ballast
- a sandbag was used as ballast
- did not have enough ballast
- needed more ballast
- had sufficient ballast
- use ballast to [block, prevent, soak up]
- the railway ballast
- the ballast underneath the railway
- the ballast of [a good career, a steady paycheck]
- electricity: a [wired, built-in] ballast
- electricity: a ballast to [moderate, regulate] the current