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Berth

Berth Meaning & Definition
Berth Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Berth?

[n]
[n] a bed on a ship or train; usually in tiers
[n] a place where a craft can be made fast
[v] come into or dock at a wharf; "the big ship wharfed in the evening"
[v] secure in or as if in a berth or dock; "tie up the boat"
[v] provide with a berth

Synonyms | Synonyms for Berth: built in bed | bunk | moor | moorage | mooring | office | place | position | post | situation | slip | spot | tie up | wharf

Related Terms | Find terms related to Berth: abide | accommodations | anchor | anchorage | anchorage ground | appointment | basin | bed | billet | breakwater | bulkhead | bunk | cohabit | connection | diggings | digs | dock | dockage | dockyard | domicile | domiciliate | doss down | dry dock | dwell | embankment | employment | engagement | gig | groin | hang out | harbor | harborage | haven | hook | house | housing | incumbency | inhabit | jetty | job | jutty | landing | landing place | landing stage | levee | live | living quarters | lob | lodge | lodging | lodgings | lodgment | marina | mole | moonlighting | mooring | mooring buoy | moorings | mudhook | nest | occupy | office | opening | perch | pier | place | port | position | post | protected anchorage | put up | quarter | quarters | quay | remain | reside | road | roads | roadstead | room | rooms | roost | seaport | seawall | second job | service | shelter | shipyard | situation | sleeping place | slip | spot | squat | stable | station | stay | tenant | tenure | vacancy | wharf

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Berth In Webster's Dictionary

\Berth\, n. [From the root of bear to produce, like birth nativity. See {Birth}.] [Also written {birth}.] 1. (Naut.) (a) Convenient sea room. (b) A room in which a number of the officers or ship's company mess and reside. (c) The place where a ship lies when she is at anchor, or at a wharf. 2. An allotted place; an appointment; situation or employment. ``He has a good berth.'' --Totten. 3. 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. {Berth deck}, the deck next below the lower gun deck. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. {To give} (the land or any object) {a wide berth}, to keep at a distance from it.
\Berth\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Berthed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Berthing}.] 1. To give an anchorage to, or a place to lie at; to place in a berth; as, she was berthed stem to stern with the Adelaide. 2. To allot or furnish berths to, on shipboard; as, to berth a ship's company. --Totten.

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