berth in English dictionary

  • berth

    Meanings and definitions of "berth"

    • A fixed bunk for sleeping in (caravans, trains, etc).
    • Room for maneuvering or safety. (Often used in the phrase a wide berth.)
    • A space for a ship to moor or a vehicle to park.
    • A job or position, especially on a ship.
    • (sports) Position or seed in a tournament bracket.
    • (transitive) to bring (a ship or vehicle) into its berth
    • (transitive) to assign a berth (bunk or position) to
    • noun
      A fixed bunk for sleeping in (caravans, trains, etc).
    • noun
      Room for maneuvering or safety. (Often used in the phrase a wide berth.)
    • noun
      A space for a ship to moor or a vehicle to park.
    • noun
      (nautical)
      A room in which a number of the officers or ship's company mess and reside.
    • noun
      A job or position, especially on a ship.
    • noun
      (sports)
      Position or seed in a tournament bracket.
    • noun
      (sports)
      position on the field of play
    • verb
      (transitive)
      to bring (a ship or vehicle) into its berth
    • verb
      (transitive)
      to assign a berth (bunk or position) to
    • A place in a port etc where a ship can be moored.
    • Tie up the boat.
    • (shipbuilding) berth
    • bunk
    • maneuvering room
    • space to moor
    • to bring a ship into berth
    • noun
      a bed on a ship or train; usually in tiers
    • noun
      a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury"
    • noun
      a place where a craft can be made fast
    • verb
      come into or dock at a wharf; "the big ship wharfed in the evening"
    • verb
      provide with a berth
    • verb
      secure in or as if in a berth or dock; "tie up the boat"

    Synonyms of "berth" in English dictionary

    office, occupation, anchorage are the top synonyms of "berth" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of berth

    • berth ( third-person singular simple present berths, present participle berthing, simple past and past participle berthed)
    • berth ( plural  berths)
    • berth (plural berths)
    • berth (third-person singular simple present berths, present participle berthing, simple past and past participle berthed)
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