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Ballast

Ballast is a 7 letter word, used as a noun or as a verb, an SAT word a compound word, with Middle English origins, and has the letters aabllst (ablst). Starts with b, ends with t, five consonants, two vowels and two syllables.

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7 Letters
5 Consonants
2 Vowels
2 Syllables
Types Of Speech
You can use ballast as a noun or as a verb in a sentence.
About Ballast
A 2 syllables noun and 7 letters with the letters a, b, l, s, and t, 5 consonants, 2 vowels and 2 syllables with the middle letter l. Ballast starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters b, ba, bal, ball, balla, and the ending characters are t, st, ast, last, llast, . Ballast is also a double consonant (ll) word. View the double consonant words list.
Definition
Any heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airship
Origin/Roots
Middle English
Compound Words
A compound word, ballast has more than one word within it. There's 2 words which are bal, and last.
School Grade
Ballast is set as a sat word that starts with b, ends with t, 2 syllables, 2 vowels and 7 letters.
Scrabble
Is ballast a scrabble word? A 9 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
Pig Latin
Ballast in Pig Latin is said as "allastbay or allastbway".
Unigram
b | a | l | l | a | s | t
Bigram
ba | al | ll | la | as | st
Trigram
bal | all | lla | las | ast
Quadrigram
ball | alla | llas | last
Word Gram
Noun Examples
any heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airship
an electrical device for starting and regulating fluorescent and discharge lamps
a resistor inserted into a circuit to compensate for changes (as those arising from temperature fluctuations)
an attribute that tends to give stability in character and morals;
something that steadies the mind or feelings
coarse gravel laid to form a bed for streets and railroads
Verb Examples
make steady with a ballast

Synonyms (Cognitive Synonyms) For "Ballast"

There are 82 synonyms available. These are cognitive relationship words which is to say they have a similar meaning, mean the same thing, or have close definition and relationship to ballast.

SynonymDefinition
Aplombgreat coolness and composure under strain
"keep your cool"
Assurednessgreat coolness and composure under strain
"keep your cool"
Balancea scale for weighing
depends on pull of gravity
Bear Down
Bear Down On
Break Bulk
Break Out Ballast
Burdenweight to be borne or conveyed
Burthena variant of `burden''
Business Firm

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Anagrams

There are 1 anagrams from ballast.
Anagram Definition
Ballastany heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airship

View English words with the unique letters used in ballast. Words With The Letters Ablst

Derives

Ballast derives from 1 words.
Word Definition
Ballastany heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airship

Hypernyms

Ballast has 2 hypernyms.
Word Definition
Matterthat which has mass and occupies space
"an atom is the smallest indivisible unit of matter"
Substancethat which has mass and occupies space
"an atom is the smallest indivisible unit of matter"

The word games Words With Friends, 4pics1Word, Word Chums, and Jumble which is by far one of the most successful of the word games. Jumble was created in 1954 - below, you will find the most unscrambled letters for each descramble word game that others have solved or decoded to make the word ballast.

Is ballast a scrabble word or can you use ballast in Words With Friends? The probability of getting this word in scrabble is 1 out of every 1543939 games and in Words With Friends it's 1 out of every 1404982 games. This 7 letter 9 point scrabble word can be rearranged 1,260 ways. What other words can be made with the letters a, b, l, s, and t? There's 8 with 9 letters or less with the letters a, b, l, s, and t. Here is a list of 8 to try to get you more points.

WordScrabbleWords With FriendsWord Chums4Pics1WordJumble
Blast (5 letters) 7 9 blast
Blastula (8 letters) 10 +1 14 +2 blastula
Ballast (7 letters) 9 12 ballast
Basalt (6 letters) 8 10 basalt
Stably (6 letters) 11 +2 12 stably
Blasty (6 letters) 11 +2 12 stably
A Blast (7 letters)
Ballasts (8 letters) 10 +1 13 +1 ballasts

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