ballast
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
any heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airship
Types & categories
- material hypernym
Related & opposite
- ballast derivation
Sense 2 verb
make steady with a ballast
Types & categories
- stabilise hypernym
Related & opposite
- ballast derivation
Sense 3 noun
coarse gravel laid to form a bed for streets and railroads
Types & categories
- gravel hypernym
Sense 4 noun
an attribute that tends to give stability in character and morals; something that steadies the mind or feelings
Types & categories
- attribute hypernym
Sense 5 noun
a resistor inserted into a circuit to compensate for changes (as those arising from temperature fluctuations)
Types & categories
- resistor hypernym
Sense 6 noun
an electrical device for starting and regulating fluorescent and discharge lamps
Types & categories
- electrical device hypernym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | ballast |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | material |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ballast |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | stabilise |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | gravel |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | attribute |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | resistor |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | electrical device |