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reballasted

reballasted is the simple past and past participle of reballast.

Meaning of reballast

Verb

reballast (third-person singular simple present reballasts, present participle reballasting, simple past and past participle reballasted)

  1. 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

Questions about reballasted

What is reballasted the simple past and past participle of?
Reballasted is the simple past and past participle of reballast.

Words near reballasted in the dictionary

  1. rebaler
  2. rebalers
  3. rebales
  4. rebaling
  5. reballast
  6. reballasted
  7. reballasting
  8. reballasts
  9. reballing
  10. reballot
  11. reballoted

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