Berth

Quick meaning: Berth is a noun meaning An assigned place for a person in (chiefly historical) a horse-drawn coach or other means of transportation, or (military) in a barracks.

Meaning

An assigned place for a person in (chiefly historical) a horse-drawn coach or other means of transportation, or (military) in a barracks.

More Meanings

1. A bunk or other bed for sleeping on in a caravan, a train, etc.
2. A place for a vehicle on land to park.
3. An appointment, job, or position, especially one regarded as comfortable or good.
4. Chiefly in wide berth: a sufficient space for manoeuvring or safety.
5. A proper place for a thing.
6. A position or seed in a tournament bracket.
7. (nautical) 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.

Example Sentences

The road was very narrow, with no opportunity of giving the apparent phantom what seamen call a wide birth.

Howsomever, I 'll do the very best I can in gettin' Tom a good berth; as to my treatin' on him bad, you need n't be a grain afeard.

[Y]ou have got a good vvarm birth here; but vve ſhall beat up your quarters. Here, Lucy, Moll, come to the fire, and dry your trumpery.

How glad I am that he has got a snug berth in the City! His company really prospers, I am happy to think, unlike some companies you know of, Pen.

Word Forms

• berths
• berthing
• berthed

Synonyms for berth

Depending on context, synonyms include slip, position, post, office, spot, situation.

Antonyms for berth

Common opposites include unberth.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include mooring, moorage, slot, place, bunk, slip.

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