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Definition of berth:
- 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.
- A room in which a number of the officers or ship's company mess and reside.
- An allotted place; an appointment; situation or employment.
- Convenient sea room.
- The place where a ship lies when she is at anchor, or at a wharf.
- To allot or furnish berths to, on shipboard; as, to berth a ship's company.
- 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.
Synonyms:
attitude, mooring line, topographic point, eluding, power, note, nonsense, bunkum, gaucherie, teddy, location, shimmy, buncombe, stake, placement, shift, profession, daub, case, blank space, spot, touch, plaza, elusion, moorage, site, shoes, state of affairs, piazza, slot, patch, cutting, gaffe, hokum, perspective, miscue, military position, place, slick, station, status, function, deck, position, trip, smear, military post, part, docking, federal agency, smirch, postal service, job, pip, gig, office, situation, bunk, bind, faux pas, stain, guff, fleck, property, business office, feed bunk, evade, office staff, bit, slickness, sideslip, tie down, authority, line, skid, nonsensicality, chemise, bedroom, parapraxis, slip-up, slip, solecism, moor, spotlight, seat, smudge, mooring, role, bind off, slur, appointment, agency, spatial relation, hogwash, strip, home, mail service, emplacement, dapple, tying up, positioning, short letter, point, meaninglessness, bureau, truss, built-in bed, stead, government agency, slip of paper, post, space, stance, side, rot, slipperiness, employment, locating, pillow slip, dockage, blot, tie up, avoid, mail, wharf, billet, maculation, posture, view, pillowcase, speckle, lieu.
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bed (part of speech: noun)
- crib,
- cot,
- queen-size bed,
- hospital bed,
- hammock,
- bed,
- double bed,
- bassinet,
- cradle,
- day bed,
- single bed,
- four poster,
- fold-away bed,
- bunk,
- sofa bed,
- king-size bed,
- roll-away bed,
- bunk bed
Usage examples:
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Peter, by means of every scrap of interest he possessed, had managed to secure her a three- berth cabin in a mail boat due to leave within the next fortnight.
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On our way to Plymouth I proved to Captain Maynard that I was not altogether ignorant of the duties of a sailor, and so pleased was he with me that he offered me a berth on the White Swan.
