Meaning of water ballast | Babel Free
Definitions
A weight in the form of seawater that can be let or pumped into a ballast tank within a vessel when required.
Equivalents
Suomi
vesilasti
Examples
“Thanks to the previous experience⟳ of the chief performers, to careful preparation and rehearsal, and to perfect weather conditions, they watched in breath-bated silence the spectacle of the huge bulk moving without a hitch into position over the temporary pier caps on which it settled as water ballast was admitted to the pontoons.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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