in ballast

prepositional phrase

Having only ballast and no cargo as load.

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Meanings

prepositional phrase

alternative in ballast condition

  1. nauticalHaving only ballast and no cargo as load.

    He'll take the Mary in ballast-you'll find her a lively ship

    1896, Rudyard Kipling, The Mary Gloster
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in ballast. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20ballast

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“in ballast.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20ballast. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “in ballast,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20ballast.

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