Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

reballast

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: re-bal-last
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To renew the ballast under railway track.

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

From re- + ballast.

Inflected Forms

reballasts (present, singular) reballasting (participle, present) reballasted (participle, past) reballasted (past)

Questions

What does reballast mean?: To renew the ballast under railway track.
Where does reballast come from?: From re- + ballast.

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