Heavy Material Used To Stabilise A Ship Crossword Clue

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Updated: October 13, 2023

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	noun • any heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airship • coarse gravel laid to form a bed for streets and railroads • an attribute that tends to give stability in character and morals; something that steadies the mind or feelings • a resistor inserted into a circuit to compensate for changes (as those arising from temperature fluctuations) • an electrical device for starting and regulating fluorescent and discharge lamps verb • make steady with a ballast
	35%	8		Kind of bar used to stabilise a car's suspension
	adjective • Antisway
	29%	6		Stabilise
	noun • a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving • a central cohesive source of support and stability • a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute verb • fix firmly and stably • secure a vessel with an anchor

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	Clue	Source
1	A seemingly unassuming waterside tree in the birch family whose main value lies in its roots that stabilise riverbanks Telegraph Giant General Knowledge - 08 Apr 2023	Telegraph Giant General Knowledge / 08 Apr 2023
2	Heavy material to stabilise ships Telegraph Cross Atlantic - 14 Nov 2024	Telegraph Cross Atlantic / 14 Nov 2024
3	Heavy material used to stabilize a ship
4	Heavy stuff used to stabilise boat The Guardian Quick - 09 May 2006	The Guardian Quick / 09 May 2006
5	Kind of bar used to stabilise a car's suspension The Guardian Quick - 16 Apr 2012	The Guardian Quick / 16 Apr 2012
6	Type of heavy machinery used for lifting and moving heavy loads
7	What's designed to stabilise an Austrian state, right behind Libya, oddly The Guardian Cryptic - 25 Jan 2011	The Guardian Cryptic / 25 Jan 2011

Balloonist's need
Weight added for stability
Stabilize
Sandbags, often
It helps a tramp to settle down
Fifty hold out after sailor returns with iron pigs
Stability enhancer
Ship stabilizer
Heavy stuff used to stabilise boat
Heavy material for steadying ship

Material put into a ship to improve its stability
Dance with a good man with balance
Extra weight, dammit, about a pound
Gas balloon supply
Ship's stabilizer
Weighted material for stabilising a ship or balloon; or, anything, real or figurative, that provides steadiness
Stabilising material
Boat stabilizer
Heavy material to stabilise ships

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