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in ballast

in ballast prepositional phrase: having only ballast and no cargo as load.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Having only ballast and no cargo as load.
    • He'll take the Mary in ballast-you'll find her a lively ship1896, Rudyard Kipling, The Mary Gloster

Forms of in ballast

alternative formin ballast condition

Questions about in ballast

What does in ballast mean?
In ballast means having only ballast and no cargo as load.
What part of speech is in ballast?
In ballast is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in ballast in the dictionary

  1. in bad odour
  2. in bad part
  3. in bad repair
  4. in bad shape
  5. in bad taste
  6. in ballast
  7. in ballast condition
  8. in banc
  9. in battery
  10. in baulk
  11. in bed

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