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Meaning of ballast up | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. To ballast (stabilize or load with a weight) (something, e.g. a ship).
    transitive
  2. To ballast (lay a material on the bed of a railroad track) a track.
    transitive

Examples

“The ship was ballasted up with sand and rocks.”
“The workers ballasted up the tracks last month.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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