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verbreballast (third-person singular simple present reballasts, present participle reballasting, simple past and past participle reballasted)
present singular third person reballasts · participle present reballasting · participle past reballasted · past reballasted
- rail transportTo 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
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reballast. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reballast
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“reballast.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reballast. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reballast,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reballast.
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