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
verbpast 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.
verbpast 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.