Ballast and Hold

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Ballast noun - Any heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airship.

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Hold and ballast are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hold" instead the word "Ballast" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: ballasted, ballasting

Hold noun - The act or manner of holding.

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Ballast and hold are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ballast" instead the word "Hold" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: holding, holder, holdback

So in the film, the treasure in the Unicorn takes up nearly the entire hold of the ship and was probably doubling as its ballast while it was there.

Source: Western Animation / The Adventures of Tintin
Heroic Sacrifice: Neptune's XO stays in the rapidly-flooding control room in order to close a watertight hatch and save the men on the other side, while one of the junior officers stays at the ballast control panel to hold the valves open and right the boat.

Source: Film / Gray Lady Down

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