English-Portuguese translations for ballast

• balastro
• lastro
  O relatório ficaria muito melhor sem esse lastro intelectual.The report would have been better without such intellectual ballast.
  Eu diria que o perigo que corre o barco é que, por falta de lastro, se volte. I would say that the danger is that the ship will capsize as a result of a lack of ballast.
  Além disso, cumpre fazer qualquer coisa a respeito das espécies exóticas e do problema das águas de lastro. In addition, something needs to be done about exotic species and the problem of ballast water.

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