The word is a foreign word

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— Foreign words, define in English —

• Czech
  • balast n. Burden, encumbrance.
• Czech - Serbo-croatian
  • balast n. Ballast.
• Polish
  • balast n. (Nautical) ballast (a heavy material that is placed in the hold of a ship to provide stability).
  • balast n. (Figuratively, literary) dead weight (that which is useless or excess).
  • balast n. (Nautical) ballast tank.
  • balast n. (Construction) ballast (a material, such as aggregate or precast concrete pavers, which employs its…
• Romanian
  • balast n. (Nautical) ballast.
• Turkish
  • balast n. Coarse gravel or similar material laid to form a bed for roads or railroads.
  • balast n. (Nautical) heavy material that is placed in the hold of a ship to provide stability.

— In French —

• balast n.m. (Marine) (Vieilli) (Désuet) Variante orthographique de ballast.

43 English words from 9 English definitions

aggregate ballast ballast␣tank bed Burden Coarse concrete Construction dead dead␣weight employs encumbrance excess Figuratively for form gravel heavy hold its laid literary material Nautical of␣a pavers placed precast provide railroads roads ship similar stability such such␣as tank that that␣is the useless weight which

2 English words from the foreign definition

ballast Marine

4 foreign words from the foreign definition

Désuet orthographique Variante Vieilli

21 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ala Ala ALA Ala. a␣la à␣la alas Alas. ast Ast AST -ast as't BAL Baʻl Bala balas las LAs last Last

20 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ala Ala ALA Ala. a␣la à␣la lab Lab LAB LαB Lab. sal Sal SAL -sal sal- -sal- sala TSA T(S/A)

8 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

ablast Albats basalt Basalt Labats tablas Tablas talabs

22 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

ablates ablauts arblast astable atabals Baalist balatas balista ballast basalte basalts Bathlas bay␣salt Butalas galbats Labates Labatts lab-rats lab␣rats lambast mat␣slab tableas

38 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

Aalst AASLT albas atlas Atlas baals Baals Ba'als Baʿals balas balsa Balta Balts basal basta Batas blaas blast BLAST -blast blast- blats laabs Labas LABAs Labat sabal sabat Sabat salat Salat Salta Staab Staal tabla talab talas Talas

4 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

balase Balash balass belast

5 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

balas blast BLAST -blast blast-

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

ballast

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