berth
IPA: bˈɝθ
noun
- 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.
- (nautical) A room in which a number of the officers or ship's company mess and reside.
- A job or position, especially on a ship.
- (sports) Position or seed in a tournament bracket.
- (sports) position on the field of play
verb
- (transitive) to bring (a ship or vehicle) into its berth/berthing
- (astronautics) To use a device to bring a spaceship into its berth/dock
- (transitive) to assign a berth (bunk or position) to
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Examples of "berth" in Sentences
- The berth were to be completed by the year 2005.
- The ship remained at her berth, a forlorn sight.
- The berth is long and the water is five meters deep.
- The berth remains as a current aspect of the property.
- The size of the hospital berths has increased over time.
- The train lurched and his head struck one of the berths.
- The pier has two berths, the east berth and the west berth.
- It was the program's first and only berth in the Ncaa Tournament.
- The facility was located in a berth of the Mississippi State Docks.
- The hosts of the World Cup receive an automatic berth in the finals.
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