- 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
Synonym | Definition |
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Aplomb | great coolness and composure under strain "keep your cool" |
Assuredness | great coolness and composure under strain "keep your cool" |
Balance | a scale for weighing depends on pull of gravity |
Bear Down | |
Bear Down On | |
Break Bulk | |
Break Out Ballast | |
Burden | weight to be borne or conveyed |
Burthen | a variant of `burden'' |
Business Firm |
View all cognitive synonyms for Ballast
Anagram | Definition |
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Ballast | any heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airship |
View English words with the unique letters used in ballast. Words With The Letters Ablst
Word | Definition |
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Ballast | any heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airship |
Word | Definition |
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Matter | that which has mass and occupies space "an atom is the smallest indivisible unit of matter" |
Substance | that which has mass and occupies space "an atom is the smallest indivisible unit of matter" |
Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Word Chums | 4Pics1Word | Jumble |
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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 |
Ballast Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With B
- Ends With T
- Spelled With / Contains Letters