reballast
reballast verb: to renew the ballast under railway track.
Verb
reballast (third-person singular simple present reballasts, present participle reballasting, simple past and past participle reballasted)
- To renew the ballast under railway track.
- Another pressing requirement is to reballast the line as at present nearly all of the track is on ash ballast; some 15 years' hard work should see the line on stone ballast.1979 August, Michael Harris, “A line for all reasons: the North Yorkshire Moors Railway”, in Railway World, page 412
Forms of reballast
| third-person singular present | reballasts |
|---|---|
| present participle | reballasting |
| past participle | reballasted |
| past | reballasted |
Origin of reballast
From re- + ballast.
Questions about reballast
- What does reballast mean?
- Reballast means to renew the ballast under railway track.
- What part of speech is reballast?
- Reballast is a verb.
- What is the past tense of reballast?
- The past tense of reballast is reballasted.
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