ballast
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Definitions
                    Noun
                    
                any heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airship
                
                    Noun
                    
                coarse gravel laid to form a bed for streets and railroads
                
                    Noun
                    
                an attribute that tends to give stability in character and morals; something that steadies the mind or feelings
                
                    Noun
                    
                a resistor inserted into a circuit to compensate for changes (as those arising from temperature fluctuations)
                
                    Noun
                    
                an electrical device for starting and regulating fluorescent and discharge lamps
                
                    Verb
                    
            make steady with a ballast
                More General Terms
                    attribute
                    brace
                    crushed rock
                    electrical device
                    gravel
                    material
                    resistance
                    resistor
                    stabilise
                    stabilize
                    steady
                    stuff