berth

noun

/bɜːθ/

/bɜːrθ/

Idioms

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a place to sleep on a ship or train, or in a caravan synonym bunk
- a cabin with three berths
Topics Transport by waterc2, Transport by bus and trainc2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- empty
- upper
- lower
- …
verb + berth
- have
- book
- get
- …
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a place where a ship or boat can stop and stay, usually in a harbour
- a berth in dock
- Water and electricity are supplied at each berth.

Word Originearly 17th cent. (in the sense ‘adequate space at sea’): probably from a nautical use of the verb bear + -th.

Idioms

give somebody/something a wide berth

to not go too near somebody/something; to avoid somebody/something
- He gave the dog a wide berth.

verb

/bɜːθ/

/bɜːrθ/

[transitive, intransitive]

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they berth	/bɜːθ/ /bɜːrθ/
he / she / it berths	/bɜːθs/ /bɜːrθs/
past simple berthed	/bɜːθt/ /bɜːrθt/
past participle berthed	/bɜːθt/ /bɜːrθt/
-ing form berthing	/ˈbɜːθɪŋ/ /ˈbɜːrθɪŋ/

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berth (something) to put a ship in a berth or keep it there; to sail into a berth
- The ship is berthed at Southampton.
Word Originearly 17th cent. (in the sense ‘adequate space at sea’): probably from a nautical use of the verb bear + -th.