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deballast

deballast verb: to remove ballast from a vessel.

Verb

deballast (third-person singular simple present deballasts, present participle deballasting, simple past and past participle deballasted)

  1. To remove ballast from a vessel

Forms of deballast

third-person singular presentdeballasts
present participledeballasting
past participledeballasted
pastdeballasted

Origin of deballast

From de- + ballast.

Questions about deballast

What does deballast mean?
Deballast means to remove ballast from a vessel.
What part of speech is deballast?
Deballast is a verb.
What is the past tense of deballast?
The past tense of deballast is deballasted.

Words near deballast in the dictionary

  1. debags
  2. Debal
  3. debalancer
  4. debalancers
  5. deball
  6. deballast
  7. deballasted
  8. deballasting
  9. deballasts
  10. deballed
  11. deballer

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