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ballast
Overview of noun ballast
The noun ballast has 5 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) ballast -- (any heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airship)
2. ballast -- (coarse gravel laid to form a bed for streets and railroads)
3. ballast -- (an attribute that tends to give stability in character and morals; something that steadies the mind or feelings)
4. ballast resistor, ballast, barretter -- (a resistor inserted into a circuit to compensate for changes (as those arising from temperature fluctuations))
5. ballast, light ballast -- (an electrical device for starting and regulating fluorescent and discharge lamps)
Overview of verb ballast
The verb ballast has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. ballast -- (make steady with a ballast)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ballast
5 senses of ballast
Sense 1
ballast
=> substance, matter
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 2
ballast
=> gravel, crushed rock
=> rock, stone
=> material, stuff
=> substance, matter
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 3
ballast
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
ballast resistor, ballast, barretter
=> resistor, resistance
=> electrical device
=> device
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 5
ballast, light ballast
=> electrical device
=> device
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun ballast
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ballast
5 senses of ballast
Sense 1
ballast
=> substance, matter
Sense 2
ballast
=> gravel, crushed rock
Sense 3
ballast
=> attribute
Sense 4
ballast resistor, ballast, barretter
=> resistor, resistance
Sense 5
ballast, light ballast
=> electrical device
Antonyms of noun ballast
Member Holonyms of noun ballast
Substance Holonyms of noun ballast
Part Holonyms of noun ballast
Member Meronyms of noun ballast
Substance Meronyms of noun ballast
Part Meronyms of noun ballast
Meronyms of noun ballast
Holonyms of noun ballast
Attributes of noun ballast
Derived Forms of noun ballast
1 of 5 senses of ballast
Sense 1
ballast
RELATED TO>(verb) ballast#1
=> ballast
Domain of noun ballast
Domain Terms of noun ballast
Familiarity of noun ballast
ballast used as a noun is common (polysemy count =5)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun ballast
5 senses of ballast
Sense 1
ballast
> substance, matter
=> food, nutrient
=> ballast
=> bedding material, bedding, litter
=> body substance
=> protoplasm, living substance
=> drift
=> grinding
=> sediment, deposit
=> material, stuff
=> ylem
=> dark matter
=> antimatter
=> micronutrient
=> philosopher's stone, philosophers' stone, elixir
=> precursor
=> phlogiston
=> allergen
=> assay
=> pyrogen, pyrectic
=> pyrogen
=> mixture
=> hydrocolloid
=> adulterant, adulterator
=> atom
=> chemical element, element
=> propellant, propellent
=> denaturant
=> activator
=> inhibitor
=> ferment
=> substrate
=> carcinogen
=> compound, chemical compound
=> digestive
=> element
=> foamentation
=> fuel
=> medium
=> culture medium, medium
=> medium
=> humectant
=> inoculant, inoculum
=> jelly
=> leaven, leavening
=> fluid
=> fluid
=> sludge, slime, goo, gook, guck, gunk, muck, ooze
=> system
=> refrigerant
=> residue
=> lysin
=> poison, toxicant, poisonous substance
=> chemical irritant
=> antigen
=> solid
=> solute
=> solvate
=> volatile
=> emanation
=> essence
=> ligand
=> metabolite
=> vegetable matter
=> vehicle
Sense 2
ballast
> gravel, crushed rock
=> ballast
=> bank gravel, pit-run gravel, pit run
=> shingle
Sense 3
ballast
> attribute
=> state
=> shape, form
=> time
=> space, infinite
=> human nature
=> trait
=> character
=> thing
=> common denominator
=> personality
=> cheerfulness, cheer, sunniness, sunshine
=> uncheerfulness
=> ballast
=> ethos
=> eidos
=> quality
=> property
=> inheritance, heritage
Sense 4
ballast resistor, ballast, barretter
> resistor, resistance
=> ballast resistor, ballast, barretter
=> potential divider, voltage divider
=> rheostat, variable resistor
Sense 5
ballast, light ballast
> electrical device
=> antenna, aerial, transmitting aerial
=> attenuator
=> ballast, light ballast
=> battery, electric battery
=> bimetallic strip
=> brush
=> capacitor, capacitance, condenser, electrical condenser
=> cell, electric cell
=> circuit, electrical circuit, electric circuit
=> control panel, instrument panel, control board, board, panel
=> distributor, distributer, electrical distributor
=> electrograph
=> electrostatic generator, electrostatic machine, Wimshurst machine, Van de Graaff generator
=> filter
=> flasher
=> fuse, electrical fuse, safety fuse
=> inductor, inductance
=> jack
=> load
=> plug, male plug
=> precipitator, Cottrell precipitator
=> reactor
=> rectifier
=> relay, electrical relay
=> resistor, resistance
=> security system, security measure, security
=> Segway, Segway Human Transporter, Segway HT
=> solar array, solar battery, solar panel
=> spark arrester
=> spark plug, sparking plug, plug
=> suppressor, suppresser
=> transducer
=> transformer
=> transponder
=> zapper
Meronyms of noun ballast
5 senses of ballast
Sense 2
ballast
=> gravel, crushed rock
=> rock, stone
HAS SUBSTANCE: mineral
Sense 4
ballast resistor, ballast, barretter
=> resistor, resistance
=> electrical device
HAS PART: terminal, pole
=> device
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Sense 5
ballast, light ballast
=> electrical device
HAS PART: terminal, pole
=> device
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Holonyms of noun ballast
Grep of noun ballast
ballast
ballast resistor
light ballast
Antonyms of verb ballast
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb ballast
1 sense of ballast
Sense 1
ballast
=> brace, steady, stabilize, stabilise
=> strengthen, beef up, fortify
=> change, alter, modify
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb ballast
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb ballast
1 sense of ballast
Sense 1
ballast
=> brace, steady, stabilize, stabilise
'Cause To' of verb ballast
Derived Forms of verb ballast
1 sense of ballast
Sense 1
ballast
RELATED TO>(noun) ballast#1
=> ballast
Domain of verb ballast
Domain Terms of verb ballast
Familiarity of verb ballast
ballast used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Sample Sentences of verb ballast
1 sense of ballast
Sense 1
ballast
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb ballast
1 sense of ballast
Sense 1
ballast
> brace, steady, stabilize, stabilise
=> ballast
=> guy
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb ballast
Sense 1
ballast
=> brace, steady, stabilize, stabilise
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Grep of verb ballast
ballast
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