Berth

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Sufficient space for a ship to maneuver; sea room: kept a clear berth of the reefs.
  • n. A space for a ship to dock or anchor: a steamship moored to its berth at the pier.
  • n. Employment on a ship: sought an officer's berth in the merchant marine.
  • n. A job: a comfortable berth as head of the department.
  • n. A built-in bed or bunk, as on a ship or a train.
  • n. A place to sleep or stay; accommodations: found a berth in a nearby hotel.
  • n. A space where a vehicle can be parked, as for loading.
  • v. To bring (a ship) to a berth.
  • v. To provide with a berth.
  • verb-intransitive. To come to a berth; dock.
  • idiom. a wide berth Ample space or distance to avoid an unwanted consequence: gave their angry colleague a wide berth.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A fixed bunk for sleeping in (caravans, trains, etc).
  • n. Room for maneuvering or safety. (Often used in the phrase a wide berth.)
  • n. A space for a ship to moor or a vehicle to park.
  • n. A job or position, especially on a ship.
  • n. Position or seed in a tournament bracket.
  • n. position on the field of play
  • v. to bring (a ship or vehicle) into its berth
  • v. to assign a berth (bunk or position) to
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n.
  • n. Convenient sea room.
  • n. A room in which a number of the officers or ship's company mess and reside.
  • n. The place where a ship lies when she is at anchor, or at a wharf.
  • n. An allotted place; an appointment; situation or employment.
  • n. A place in a ship to sleep in; a long box or shelf on the side of a cabin or stateroom, or of a railway car, for sleeping in.
  • v. To give an anchorage to, or a place to lie at; to place in a berth.
  • v. To allot or furnish berths to, on shipboard.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An obsolete spelling of birth.
  • n. Nautical: Sea-room; space kept or to be kept for safety or convenience between a vessel under sail and other vessels or the shore, rocks, etc.: especially in the phrases, also used figuratively, to give a good, clear, or wide berth to, keep a wide berth of (to keep clear of, keep well away from).
  • n. Room for a vessel to turn around or to ride at anchor.
  • n. A station in which a ship lies or can lie, whether at anchor or at a wharf.
  • n. A room or an apartment in a ship where a number of officers or men mess and reside.
  • n. The shelf-like space allotted to a passenger in a vessel (and hence in a railroad sleeping-car) as a sleeping-place; a sailor's bunk on board ship; a place for a hammock, or a repository for chests.
  • n. A post or an appointment; situation; employment: as, he has got a good berth at last.
  • Nautical: To assign or allot anchoring-ground to; give space to lie in, as a ship in a dock.
  • To allot a berth or berths to: as, to berth a ship's company.
  • To board; cover with boards: chiefly in ship-building.
  • To find a berth for; provide with a “job” or “situation.”
  • To occupy as living-quarters on shipboard: used with in.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a bed on a ship or train; usually in tiers
  • n. a job in an organization
  • v. secure in or as if in a berth or dock
  • v. come into or dock at a wharf
  • n. a place where a craft can be made fast
  • v. provide with a berth
  • Equivalent
    Verb Form
    berthed    berthing    berths   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    dock    anchorage ground    anchorage    furnish    provide    supply    render   
    Cross Reference
    Form
    berthed    berthing   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    appointment    anchorage    bed    position   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Earth    Perth    Wentworth    birth    dearth    earth    firth    furth    girth    mirth   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    bunk    compartment    cot    lounge    accommodation    cabin    anchorage    lodging    couch    cubicle