Meaning of BALLAST in Tamil

Use in sentences of நிலைப்படுத்தும்

Meaning of BALLAST in English

• Any heavy substance, as stone, iron, etc., put into the hold to sink a vessel in the water to such a depth as to prevent capsizing.
• Any heavy matter put into the car of a balloon to give it steadiness.
• Gravel, broken stone, etc., laid in the bed of a railroad to make it firm and solid.
• The larger solids, as broken stone or gravel, used in making concrete.
• Fig.: That which gives, or helps to maintain, uprightness, steadiness, and security.
• To steady, as a vessel, by putting heavy substances in the hold.
• To fill in, as the bed of a railroad, with gravel, stone, etc., in order to make it firm and solid.
• To keep steady; to steady, morally.

Synonyms of ‘நிலைப்படுத்தும்’

• கப்பல்(அ)வான ஊர்தி எடைப் பாரம்
  BALLAST,

Antonyms of ‘நிலைப்படுத்தும்’

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