ballast


Meanings

  • any heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airship
  • coarse gravel laid to form a bed for streets and railroads
  • an attribute that tends to give stability in character and morals; something that steadies the mind or feelings
  • a resistor inserted into a circuit to compensate for changes (as those arising from temperature fluctuations)
  • an electrical device for starting and regulating fluorescent and discharge lamps
  • make steady with a ballast
  • BALLAST v -ED, -ING, -S to stabilize


Scrabble Score: 9

ballast is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

ballast is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

ballast is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary


Words With Friends Score: 12

ballast is a valid Words With Friends word