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berth

About 1.13 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun Chiefly in wide berth: a sufficient space in the water for a ship or other vessel to lie at anchor or manoeuvre without getting in the way of other vessels, or colliding into rocks or the shore. A place for a vessel to lie at anchor or to moor. A room in a vessel in which the officers or company mess (“eat together”) and reside; also, a room or other place in a vessel for storage. A place on a vessel to sleep, especially a bed on the side of a cabin. A job or position on a vessel.
  2. noun A place for a vessel to lie at anchor or to moor.
  3. noun A room in a vessel in which the officers or company mess (“eat together”) and reside; also, a room or other place in a vessel for storage.
  4. noun A place on a vessel to sleep, especially a bed on the side of a cabin.
  5. noun A job or position on a vessel.
  6. noun : An assigned place for a person in a horse-drawn coach or other means of transportation, or in a barracks. A bunk or other bed for sleeping on in a caravan, a train, etc. A place for a vehicle on land to park.
  7. noun An assigned place for a person in a horse-drawn coach or other means of transportation, or in a barracks.
  8. noun A bunk or other bed for sleeping on in a caravan, a train, etc.

Similar words

mooring moorage slot place bunk slip spot moor position post

Often followed by

in and on to for at as of was

Word family

berthed berthing berths

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