berth stands for: (6 meanings in total)
  1. n. a job in an organization (view details)
  2. n. a bed on a ship or train (view details)
  3. n. a place where a craft can be made fast (view details)
  4. v. come into or dock at a wharf (view details)
  5. v. secure in or as if in a berth or dock (view details)
  6. v. provide with a berth (view details)

Meaning 1: (noun) a job in an organization
Usage Example(s): he occupied a post in the treasury
Synonym(s): billet ( what does billet stand for? ), office ( what does office stand for? ), place ( what does place stand for? ), position ( what does position stand for? ), post ( what does post stand for? ), situation ( what does situation stand for? ), spot ( what does spot stand for? )
berth is a kind of: business ( what does business stand for? ), job ( what does job stand for? ), line ( what does line stand for? ), line of work ( what does line of work stand for? ), occupation ( what does occupation stand for? )
berth is derived from: base ( what does base stand for? ), function ( what does function stand for? ), locate ( what does locate stand for? ), officiate ( what does officiate stand for? ), place, post, send ( what does send stand for? ), site ( what does site stand for? ), station ( what does station stand for? )

Meaning 2: (noun) a bed on a ship or train, usually in tiers
Synonym(s): built in bed ( what does built in bed stand for? ), bunk ( what does bunk stand for? )
berth is a kind of: bed ( what does bed stand for? )
berth is derived from: berth ( what does berth stand for? )

Meaning 3: (noun) a place where a craft can be made fast
Synonym(s): moorage ( what does moorage stand for? ), mooring ( what does mooring stand for? ), slip ( what does slip stand for? )
berth is derived from: berth, moor ( what does moor stand for? ), tie up ( what does tie up stand for? ), wharf ( what does wharf stand for? )

Meaning 4: (verb) come into or dock at a wharf
Usage Example(s): the big ship wharfed in the evening
Synonym(s): moor, wharf
berth is derived from: berth, dock ( what does dock stand for? ), moorage, mooring, pier ( what does pier stand for? ), slip, wharf, wharfage ( what does wharfage stand for? )

Meaning 5: (verb) secure in or as if in a berth or dock
Usage Example(s): tie up the boat
Synonym(s): moor, tie up
berth is derived from: berth, moorage, mooring, slip

Meaning 6: (verb) provide with a berth
berth is derived from: berth, built in bed, bunk, moorage, mooring, slip



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