noun [U]
1 heavy material placed in a ship or HOT-AIRBALLOON to make it heavier and keep it steady
2 a layer of stones that makes a strong base on which a road, railway/railroad, etc. can be built
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for ballast is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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