barase

Borrowed from Dutch barrage, from French barrage.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /baˈrasə/ [baˈra.sə]
• Rhymes: -asə
• Syllabification: ba‧ra‧se

barase (plural barase-barase)

1. barrage
   1. an artificial obstruction, such as a dam, in a river designed to increase its depth or to divert its flow.
   2. (military) a heavy curtain of artillery fire directed in front of one's own troops to screen and protect them.
2. (military) barrage balloon

• “barase”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

From Japanese バラス (barasu), from Japanese バラスト, from English ballast.

barase

1. sand and gravel