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List of synonyms from "ball-shaped" to synonyms from "ballot"


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Definition of the day : « ballasting »

  • As in load : verb burden, saddle
  • As in poise : verb balance, suspend
  • As in stabilize : verb make or keep in steady state; make resistant to change
Example sentences :
  • In the permanent way and ballasting, the reduction will be about one-half.
  • Extract from : « The life of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Civil Engineer » by Isambard Brunel
  • Meanwhile, others had been ballasting the boat with boulders from the beach.
  • Extract from : « A Kut Prisoner » by H. C. W. Bishop
  • This is called a "ballasting resistance" and is usually an iron wire in a glass bulb containing hydrogen.
  • Extract from : « Artificial Light » by M. Luckiesh
  • I mean all he wants is ballasting with a little of that business spirit which we call American push.
  • Extract from : « The Silver Poppy » by Arthur Stringer
  • Here is a specimen that I got right here where they are ballasting the road.
  • Extract from : « The Chautauquan, Vol. III, January 1883 » by The Chautauquan Literary and Scientific Circle
  • A large number of men were shoveling the gravel onto flat cars, to be hauled on the line of the railroad for ballasting the track.
  • Extract from : « The White Rose of Memphis » by William C. Falkner
  • One reason for deferring the masonry work as well as the ballasting was the inability to handle the necessary supplies.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the First Trans-Continental Railroad » by W. F. Bailey.
  • He has tacked that attachment notice onto a poor innocent old car filled with ballasting cinders.
  • Extract from : « Bound to Succeed » by Allen Chapman
  • Very imperfect grading and ballasting was done in the hasty building of this road.
  • Extract from : « Ten years in the ranks, U.S. army » by Augustus Meyers
  • We found them at the landing, ballasting the boat with stones and getting on their oil-skins.
  • Extract from : « Our Journey to the Hebrides » by Joseph Pennell and Elizabeth Robins Pennell