bilge

About 0.28 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The rounded portion of a ship's hull, forming a transition between the bottom and the sides.
2. noun The lowest inner part of a ship's hull, where water accumulates.
3. noun The water accumulated in the bilge; bilge water.
4. noun Stupid talk or writing; nonsense.

   talk bilge

5. noun The bulging part of a barrel or cask.
6. verb To spring a leak in the bilge.
7. verb To bulge or swell.
8. verb To break open the bilge(s) of.

Similar words

take in water bilge water brig slipway sump hatch drainage path wedge dewatering

Often followed by

water pump pumps and keels of keel to is

Word family

bilged bilges bilging