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US
/ˈbɝθ/
]
[ UK /bˈɜːθ/ ]
[ UK /bˈɜːθ/ ]
NOUN
- a place where a craft can be made fast
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a job in an organization
he occupied a post in the treasury - a bed on a ship or train; usually in tiers
VERB
-
secure in or as if in a berth or dock
tie up the boat -
come into or dock at a wharf
the big ship wharfed in the evening - provide with a berth
How To Use berth In A Sentence
- With larger 'coach-built' motorhomes - usually two- to six-berth - the living area is built around an existing chassis and cab. Times, Sunday Times
- As soon as she was alongside and made fast I went on board and had a good look at her interior, not forgetting to inscribe my name legibly on the most conveniently situated locker in the midshipmen's berth, after which I watched the operation of shipping and stowing her ballast. A Middy of the King A Romance of the Old British Navy
- Assisting a cargo vessel approach its berth she got into difficulties and capsized.
- We will now provide two finger wharves with 20 public berths and you'll see a total revamp.
- I don't think Bertha would appreciate your particular brand of sympathy.
- If winds increased to gale force, we would have had to leave the berth. The Sun
- Each leg involved an overnight in berths made up by Tokimo and meals he cooked.
- Wark's job as a plater is to cut and shape the steel, while McArdle's is to put the structure in place on the berth before the welders come along and join the steel blocks together.
- This new website can book them a berth in a marina, get them an insurance quote and identify the nearest marine surveyor.
- Both passengers and crew are showing suspected symptoms of the vomiting bug on board the Transocean Tours operated Marco Polo, which is berthed in Invergordon, Easter Ross. Undefined
