balast
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balast m inan
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Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from German Ballast, from Middle Low German ballast.
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balast m inan
- (nautical) ballast (a heavy material that is placed in the hold of a ship to provide stability)
- (figuratively, literary) dead weight (that which is useless or excess)
- Synonyms: garb, obciążenie
- (nautical) ballast tank
- (construction) ballast (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)
- Synonym: podsypka
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balast n (plural balasturi)
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singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) balast | balastul | (niște) balasturi | balasturile |
genitive/dative | (unui) balast | balastului | (unor) balasturi | balasturilor |
vocative | balastule | balasturilor |
Serbo-Croatian edit
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bàlast m (Cyrillic spelling ба̀ласт)
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Declension of balast
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- “balast” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Turkish edit
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Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بالاست (balast), from French ballast.
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balast (definite accusative balastı, plural balastlar)
- coarse gravel or similar material laid to form a bed for roads or railroads
- (nautical) heavy material that is placed in the hold of a ship to provide stability
References edit
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “balast”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “balast”, in Nişanyan Sözlük