About The Word Berth
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[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 See Also | academicianship | accountantship | admiralty | ambassadorship | anchorage | anchorage ground | apostleship | apprenticeship | attorneyship | bailiffship | bed | bishopry | business | cadetship | caliphate | captaincy | captainship | cardinalship | chairmanship | chancellorship | chaplaincy | chaplainship | chieftaincy | chieftainship | clerkship | commandership | comptrollership | consulship | controllership | councillorship | councilorship | counsellorship | counselorship | curacy | curatorship | custodianship | deanery | deanship | directorship | discipleship | dock | editorship | eldership | emirate | fasten | fix | foremanship | furnish | generalship | governorship | headship | hot seat | incumbency | inspectorship | instructorship | internship | job | judgeship | judgship | judicature | lectureship | legateship | legation | legislatorship | librarianship | lieutenancy | line | line of work | lower | lower berth | magistracy | managership | occupation | provide | render | secure | supply | upper | upper berth 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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