Ballast
- 1.
- (FIGURATIVE) ព្រលឹង, វិញ្ញាណ, គំនិត, ភរ, អសុរកាយ, អទិស្សមានកាយដូចខ្មោច, អារក្សជាដើម, ប្រាជ្ញា, ព្រលឹង, សតិ, ចរិត, ការកំប្លែង, អ្នកប្រាជ្ញ, អត្ថន័យ, គតិ
noun
- 1.
- (SLANG) (Material put in a ship to steady a ship or submarine, anything heavy that can be dropped to lighten a balloon or dirigible, that which renders anything steady) កូនសណ្ដូន (វត្ថុសង្កត់នាវាកុំឱ្យឃ្លោង), ទំនងដែលធ្វើឱ្យយឺត
- 2.
- វត្ថុធាតុដើមធុនធ្ងន់
verb — past tense: ballasted ; past participle: ballasted ; present participle: ballasting ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) (load with ballast, steady) ដាក់កូនសណ្ដូន, សណ្ដោង, ធ្វើឱ្យមានទំទង់
- 2.
- ពោពេញដោយវត្ថុធាតុដើមធុនធ្ងន់
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- The larger solids, as broken stone or gravel, used in making concrete.
adjective
- 1.
- (FIGURATIVE) That which gives, or helps to maintain, uprightness, steadiness, and security.
- 2.
- Any heavy substance, as stone, iron, etc., put into the hold to sink a vessel in the water to such a depth as to prevent capsizing.
- 3.
- Any heavy matter put into the car of a balloon to give it steadiness.
- 4.
- Gravel, broken stone, etc., laid in the bed of a railroad to make it firm and solid.
verb — past tense: ballasted ; past participle: ballasted ; present participle: ballasting ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) To fill in, as the bed of a railroad, with gravel, stone, etc., in order to make it firm and solid.
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) To keep steady; to steady, morally.
- 3.
- (TRANSITIVE) To steady, as a vessel, by putting heavy substances in the hold.