Term: ballast: coarse gravel laid to form a bed for streets and railroads
Candidate hypernym: relation: an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together → 1
Candidate hypernym: gravity: a solemn and dignified feeling → 0
Candidate hypernym: sugarplum: any of various small sugary candies → 0
Candidate hypernym: bullring: a stadium where bullfights take place → 0
Candidate hypernym: philogyny: admiration for women → 0
Candidate hypernym: pilot engine: a locomotive that precedes a train to check the track → 0
Candidate hypernym: audio: the audible part of a transmitted signal → 0
Candidate hypernym: mayhem: the willful and unlawful crippling or mutilation of another person → 0
Candidate hypernym: outside loop: a loop consisting of a dive followed by inverted flight followed by a climb that returns to horizontal flight → 0
Candidate hypernym: fix: an exemption granted after influence (e.g., money) is brought to bear → 0
Candidate hypernym: partial verdict: (criminal law) a finding that the defendant is guilty of some charges but innocent of others → 0