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"sense": "heavy material placed in the hold of a vessel",
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"sense": "heavy material placed in the hold of a vessel",
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"sense": "heavy material placed in the hold of a vessel",
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"sense": "heavy material placed in the hold of a vessel",
"word": "ballaszt"
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"sense": "heavy material placed in the hold of a vessel",
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"sense": "heavy material placed in the hold of a vessel",
"word": "balasto"
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"sense": "heavy material placed in the hold of a vessel",
"word": "balas"
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"sense": "heavy material placed in the hold of a vessel",
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"word": "zavorra"
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"roman": "barasuto",
"sense": "heavy material placed in the hold of a vessel",
"word": "バラスト"
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"sense": "heavy material placed in the hold of a vessel",
"word": "taowaka"
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"sense": "heavy material placed in the hold of a vessel",
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"sense": "heavy material placed in the hold of a vessel",
"word": "صافره"
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"sense": "heavy material placed in the hold of a vessel",
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"sense": "heavy material placed in the hold of a vessel",
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"roman": "ballást",
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"sense": "heavy material placed in the hold of a vessel",
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"sense": "heavy material placed in the hold of a vessel",
"word": "tulakbahala"
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"sense": "heavy material placed in the hold of a vessel",
"word": "อับเฉา"
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[
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[
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"word": "道砟"
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{
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"code": "fi",
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"code": "fr",
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"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "de",
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"masculine"
],
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"code": "el",
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"neuter"
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"code": "el",
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"sense": "heavy material placed in the hold of a vessel",
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"sense": "heavy material placed in the hold of a vessel",
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"code": "it",
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{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "heavy material placed in the hold of a vessel",
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"masculine"
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{
"code": "nn",
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"sense": "heavy material placed in the hold of a vessel",
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{
"code": "ota",
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "heavy material placed in the hold of a vessel",
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],
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{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "heavy material placed in the hold of a vessel",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "lastro"
},
{
"code": "ro",
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"sense": "heavy material placed in the hold of a vessel",
"word": "balast"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "heavy material placed in the hold of a vessel",
"word": "lest"
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{
"code": "ru",
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"sense": "heavy material placed in the hold of a vessel",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "балла́ст"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "heavy material placed in the hold of a vessel",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "баласт"
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{
"code": "sh",
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"sense": "heavy material placed in the hold of a vessel",
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "heavy material placed in the hold of a vessel",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "lastre"
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{
"code": "sv",
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"sense": "heavy material placed in the hold of a vessel",
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "heavy material placed in the hold of a vessel",
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"common-gender"
],
"word": "ballast"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "heavy material placed in the hold of a vessel",
"word": "tulakbahala"
},
{
"code": "th",
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"roman": "àp-chǎo",
"sense": "heavy material placed in the hold of a vessel",
"word": "อับเฉา"
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"word": "balast"
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "heavy material placed in the hold of a vessel",
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "anything that steadies emotion or mind",
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{
"code": "bg",
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"sense": "material laid to form a bed for a road",
"word": "баластра"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "material laid to form a bed for a road",
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"code": "nl",
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"code": "et",
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"sense": "material laid to form a bed for a road",
"word": "ballast"
},
{
"code": "fi",
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"note": "for railroads",
"sense": "material laid to form a bed for a road",
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "material laid to form a bed for a road",
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "material laid to form a bed for a road",
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"code": "fr",
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"code": "fr",
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"feminine"
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},
{
"code": "de",
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{
"code": "io",
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"sense": "material laid to form a bed for a road",
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{
"code": "id",
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"sense": "material laid to form a bed for a road",
"word": "balas"
},
{
"code": "it",
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"feminine"
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"masculine"
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"code": "no",
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"neuter"
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"code": "ota",
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"code": "pl",
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{
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "material laid to form a bed for a road",
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"word": "balastro"
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{
"code": "ro",
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"sense": "material laid to form a bed for a road",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "pietriș"
},
{
"code": "ro",
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"tags": [
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],
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{
"code": "ro",
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"sense": "material laid to form a bed for a road",
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],
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{
"code": "es",
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"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "es",
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"code": "et",
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"sense": "electronics",
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{
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{
"code": "fi",
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{
"code": "fi",
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"code": "it",
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],
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{
"code": "ro",
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"sense": "electronics",
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{
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"code": "th",
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"sense": "electronics",
"word": "บัลลาสต์"
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],
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{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "to stabilize a ship with ballast",
"word": "balastoj"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to stabilize a ship with ballast",
"word": "llastar"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "to stabilize a ship with ballast",
"word": "ballastima"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to stabilize a ship with ballast",
"word": "ottaa painolastia"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to stabilize a ship with ballast",
"word": "ballaster"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to stabilize a ship with ballast",
"word": "balastizar"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to stabilize a ship with ballast",
"word": "saburro"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to stabilize a ship with ballast",
"word": "tauta"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to stabilize a ship with ballast",
"word": "ballaste"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to stabilize a ship with ballast",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "balastować"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to stabilize a ship with ballast",
"word": "lastrar"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "to lay ballast on the bed of a railway track",
"word": "balastoj"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "to lay ballast on the bed of a railway track",
"word": "ballastima"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to lay ballast on the bed of a railway track",
"word": "sepelöidä"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to lay ballast on the bed of a railway track",
"word": "beschottern"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to lay ballast on the bed of a railway track",
"word": "balastizar"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to weigh down with a ballast",
"word": "tasapainottaa"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to weigh down with a ballast",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "balastować"
}
],
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"ballast"
],
"word": "ballast"
}
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