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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024bilge /bɪldʒ/USA pronunciation n. - Naval Terms, Nautical[countable] Also, bilges. an area at the bottom of a ship where dirty water collects.
- Naval Terms, Nautical[uncountable] Also called bilge water. water collected there.
- Slang Termsfoolish or worthless talk:[uncountable]Your excuse sounds like a lot of bilge.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024bilge (bilj),USA pronunciation n., v., bilged, bilg•ing. n. - [Naut.]
- Nauticaleither of the rounded areas that form the transition between the bottom and the sides on the exterior of a hull.
- NauticalAlso, bilges. (in a hull with a double bottom) an enclosed area between frames at each side of the floors, where seepage collects.
- NauticalAlso called bilge well. a well into which seepage drains to be pumped away.
- NauticalAlso called bilge water. seepage accumulated in bilges.
- Slang TermsSee bilge water (def. 2).
- the widest circumference or belly of a cask.
v.i. - Naval Terms[Naut.]
- Nauticalto leak in the bilge.
- Nautical(of white paint) to turn yellow.
- to bulge or swell out.
v.t. - Naval Terms, Nautical[Naut.]to damage (a hull bottom) so as to create an entry for seawater.
- perh. variant of bulge 1505–15
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: bilge /bɪldʒ/ n - the parts of a vessel's hull where the vertical sides curve inwards to form the bottom
- (often plural) the parts of a vessel between the lowermost floorboards and the bottom
- Also called: bilge water the dirty water that collects in a vessel's bilge
- informal silly rubbish; nonsense
- the widest part of the belly of a barrel or cask
vb - (intransitive) (of a vessel) to take in water at the bilge
- (transitive) to damage (a vessel) in the bilge, causing it to leak
Etymology: 16th Century: probably a variant of bulge |