in ballast
US /ɪn ˈbælɪst/
・UK /ɪn ˈbælɪst/
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prep.PrepositionRefers to a ship carrying only ballast to stay stable without cargo.
The ship traveled in ballast to maintain stability at sea.
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- It arrived here just off Oman, and it's in Ballast, so it doesn't have any cargo on board.
It arrived here just off Oman, and it's in Ballast, so it doesn't have any cargo on board.
- and it's in Ballast, so it doesn't have any cargo on board,
and it's in Ballast, so it doesn't have any cargo on board,
Call of Cthulhu HP Lovecraft - Audio Book - With Words / Closed Captions
- The Emma, in ballast, had cleared Auckland on 20 February and had felt the full force of that earthquake-born tempest which must have heaved up from the sea bottom the horrors that filled men's dreams.
The Emma, in ballast, had cleared Auckland on 20 February and had felt the full force of that earthquake-born tempest which must have heaved up from the sea bottom the horrors that filled men's dreams.
- The Emma, in ballast, had cleared Auckland on February 20th, and had felt the full force
The Emma, in ballast, had cleared Auckland on February 20th, and had felt the full force