English-German translations for ballast

• Ballast der
  Wir können es uns nicht leisten, ständig diesen ideologischen Ballast mitzutragen. We cannot afford to keep on being weighed down by this ideological ballast.
  Der Bericht hätte ohne diesen intellektuellen Ballast sehr an Deutlichkeit gewonnen. The report would have been better without such intellectual ballast.
  Man darf nicht so tun, als sei der Grundsatz der Solidarität Ballast, den man jederzeit abwerfen kann. The principle of solidarity must not be treated as if it were a ballast to be jettisoned at any time.
• Ballasten
• beschottern
• Bettung die
• Ladung die
• last
• Schotter der
• schottern
• Spule die

Definition of ballast

• Heavy material that is placed in the hold of a ship , to provide stability
• Coarse gravel or similar material laid to form a bed for roads or railroads, or in making concrete
• device used for stabilizing current in an electric circuit (e.g. in a tube lamp supply circuit
• To stabilize or load a ship with ballast

Related words

• ballast-bed
• ballasting
• unballasted
• ballast tank
• ballast resistor
• ballast tamper
• ballast water
• Track ballast
• sailing ballast