Get to know Ballast better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like substance or stabilize.
Ballast meaning
- Heavy material that is placed in the hold of a ship (or in the gondola of a balloon), to provide stability.
- Anything that steadies emotion or the mind.
- Coarse gravel or similar material laid to form a bed for roads or railroads, or in making concrete; track ballast.
Synonyms of Ballast
Using Ballast
- The main meaning on this page is: Heavy material that is placed in the hold of a ship (or in the gondola of a balloon), to provide stability. | Anything that steadies emotion or the mind. | Coarse gravel or similar material laid to form a bed for roads or railroads, or in making concrete; track ballast.
- Useful related words include: substance, stabilize, steady, brace.
- In the example corpus, ballast often appears in combinations such as: ballast to, ballast and, the ballast.
Context around Ballast
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 9 start, 5 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Ballast
- In this selection, "ballast" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 20.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, miss, variable, periodically, tanks, advisors and inc stand out and add context to how "ballast" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include ballast advisors llc and ballast inc s. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "ballast" sits close to words such as abject, accumulations and adi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with ballast
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Some through ballast tanks. (4 words)
After laying ballast, the track laying will also start. (9 words)
Ballast Inc. Acquires 81 Shares of The Home Depot, Inc. (10 words)
The majority of this was a series of floats filled with convert of gasoline, and water ballast tanks were included at either end of the vessel, as well as releasable iron ballast in two conical hoppers along the bottom, fore and aft of the crew sphere. (46 words)
With the strong mandate from the people, the Tharman presidency can be an additional ballast for stability and unity during the political transition against the backdrop of a more diverse and competitive political landscape. (34 words)
Ballast Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of ) by 2.7% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). (32 words)
Not sure if you think bonds are a substitute to stocks for the ballast? (14 words)
Example sentences (20)
Bob DeVries, who joined Covenant Life Church as co-pastor about six months after Ballast started, said he will miss Ballast.
Most modern wakeboarding boats also have a variable ballast system, which allows for water to be pumped into and out of ballast tanks from the surrounding water.
Periodically, ballast must be removed and replaced with clean ballast to ensure adequate drainage.
The majority of this was a series of floats filled with convert of gasoline, and water ballast tanks were included at either end of the vessel, as well as releasable iron ballast in two conical hoppers along the bottom, fore and aft of the crew sphere.
After laying ballast, the track laying will also start.
Ballast Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of ) by 2.7% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Not sure if you think bonds are a substitute to stocks for the ballast?
She used LNG during its ballast leg (Tianjin to Gladstone) and a mix of LNG and traditional fuel during its laden leg (Gladstone to Dhamra).
Some through ballast tanks.
When inflated with hydrogen, each 33-ft. wide balloon could carry up to 794 lbs. of ballast and bombs.
With the strong mandate from the people, the Tharman presidency can be an additional ballast for stability and unity during the political transition against the backdrop of a more diverse and competitive political landscape.
Ballast Advisors LLC boosted its stake in Alphabet by 9.6% during the third quarter.
Ballast Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of Alphabet by 9.6% during the third quarter.
Ballast Inc. Acquires 81 Shares of The Home Depot, Inc.
Ballast Inc.’s holdings in AbbVie were worth $482,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.
Ballast Inc.’s holdings in DuPont de Nemours were worth $1,125,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.
Brother Howell was a foreman on the T six system production gang, when he was struck by the ballast regulator”.
Engineers have been working to rebuild a retaining wall and replace displaced ballast.
Frontline expects the spot TCEs for the fourth quarter to be lower than the spot TCEs currently contracted due to the impact of ballast days during the quarter.
May makes the story her own, losing Simon’s penchant for shtick and leaning on her actors for emotional ballast.
Common combinations with ballast
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- ballast to 11×
- ballast and 11×
- the ballast 10×
- ballast tanks 7×
- as ballast 7×
- of ballast 6×
- water ballast 4×
- ballast in 4×
- ballast for 4×
- ballast inc 4×