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Is ballast a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word ballast is a Scrabble US word. The word ballast is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is ballast a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word ballast is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

B3A1L1L1A1S1T1

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7-letter words (2 found)

BALLAST,BALLATS,

6-letter words (3 found)

BALLAT,BASALT,TABLAS,

5-letter words (19 found)

ALBAS,ATLAS,BAALS,BALAS,BALLS,BALSA,BASAL,BASTA,BLAST,BLATS,SABAL,SALAL,SALAT,SALTL,STALL,TAALS,TABLA,TALAS,TALLS,

4-letter words (26 found)

AALS,ABAS,ALAS,ALBA,ALBS,ALLS,ALTS,BAAL,BAAS,BALL,BALS,BAST,BATS,BLAT,LABS,LAST,LATS,SALL,SALT,SLAB,SLAT,STAB,TAAL,TABS,TALA,TALL,

3-letter words (22 found)

AAL,AAS,ABA,ABS,ALA,ALB,ALL,ALS,ALT,ATS,BAA,BAL,BAS,BAT,LAB,LAS,LAT,SAB,SAL,SAT,TAB,TAS,

2-letter words (9 found)

AA,AB,AL,AS,AT,BA,LA,ST,TA,

You can make 81 words from ballast according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of ballast

ballast

Etymology

From Middle English bar (“bare”) + last (“load”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA(key): /ˈbæl.əst/
  • Rhymes: -æləst

Noun

ballast (usually uncountable, plural ballasts)

  1. (nautical) Heavy material that is placed in the hold of a ship (or in the gondola of a balloon), to provide stability.
  2. (figuratively) Anything that steadies emotion or the mind.
  3. Coarse gravel or similar material laid to form a bed for roads or railroads, or in making concrete; track ballast.
  4. (construction) A material, such as aggregate or precast concrete pavers, which employs its mass and the force of gravity to hold single-ply roof membranes in place.
  5. (countable, electricity, electronics) device used for stabilizing current in an electric circuit (e.g. in a tube lamp supply circuit)
  6. (figurative) That which gives, or helps to maintain, uprightness, steadiness, and security.

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Translations

Verb

ballast (third-person singular simple present ballasts, present participle ballasting, simple past and past participle ballasted)

  1. To stabilize or load a ship with ballast.
  2. To lay ballast on the bed of a railroad track.
  3. To weigh down with a ballast.

Derived terms

  • reballast, reballasting

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch ballast.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɑˈlɑst/
  • Hyphenation: bal‧last
  • Rhymes: -ɑst
  • Homophone: Ballast

Noun

ballast m (plural ballasten)

  1. (now chiefly uncountable) ballast (weights used in ships or aerostats)
  2. (figurative, uncountable) baggage (something that hampers functioning)

Derived terms

  • ballastscheeps

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: ballas
  • → Indonesian: balas
  • → Papiamentu: balaster, balastu

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ba.last/

Noun

ballast m (plural ballasts)

  1. (nautical) heavy material that is placed in the hold of a ship (or in the gondola of a balloon), to provide stability
  2. coarse gravel or similar material laid to form a bed for roads or railroads

Descendants

  • → Ottoman Turkish: بالاست (balast)
    • Turkish: balast
  • → Romanian: balast n

Further reading

  • “ballast”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German barlast.

Noun

ballast m (definite singular ballasten, indefinite plural ballaster, definite plural ballastene)

  1. ballast

References

  • “ballast” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German barlast.

Noun

ballast m (definite singular ballasten, indefinite plural ballastar, definite plural ballastane)
ballast f (definite singular ballasta, indefinite plural ballaster, definite plural ballastene)

  1. ballast

References

  • “ballast” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Noun

ballast c

  1. Alternative form of barlast (“ballast”)

Declension

Adjective

ballast

  1. predicative superlative degree of ball

References

  • ballast in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • ballast in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • ballast in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Source: wiktionary.org