berth

🇺🇸 /bɜːrθ/ 🇬🇧 /bɜːθ/
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noun
R

A sleeping space on a ship, train, or in a caravan.

I slept in a berth on the overnight train.

R

A space for a boat or ship to dock, usually in a harbor.

Our boat was in its berth at the marina.

verb
R

To dock a ship or keep it in a dock; to sail into a dock.

The large vessel was berthed carefully at the dock.

translation

n. A sleeping space on a ship, train, or in a caravan.; A space for a boat or ship to dock, usually in a harbor.
v. To dock a ship or keep it in a dock; to sail into a dock.

Word Forms

3rd Present berths
Past berthed
Perfect berthed
Progressive berthing
Plural berths