What is the meaning of Berth?

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.

  1. A place for a vessel to lie at anchor or to moor.
  2. A room in a vessel in which the officers or company mess (eat together) and reside; also, a room or other place in a vessel for storage.
  3. A place on a vessel to sleep, especially a bed on the side of a cabin.
  4. A job or position on a vessel.

A place for a vessel to lie at anchor or to moor.

A room in a vessel in which the officers or company mess (eat together) and reside; also, a room or other place in a vessel for storage.

A place on a vessel to sleep, especially a bed on the side of a cabin.

A job or position on a vessel.

  1. An assigned place for a person in a horse-drawn coach or other means of transportation, or in a barracks.
  2. A bunk or other bed for sleeping on in a caravan, a train, etc.
  3. A place for a vehicle on land to park.

An assigned place for a person in a horse-drawn coach or other means of transportation, or in a barracks.

A bunk or other bed for sleeping on in a caravan, a train, etc.

A place for a vehicle on land to park.

  1. An appointment, job, or position, especially one regarded as comfortable or good.
  2. Chiefly in wide berth: a sufficient space for manoeuvring or safety.
  3. A proper place for a thing.
    1. A position or seed in a tournament bracket.
    2. A position on a field of play.

An appointment, job, or position, especially one regarded as comfortable or good.

Chiefly in wide berth: a sufficient space for manoeuvring or safety.

A proper place for a thing.

  1. A position or seed in a tournament bracket.
  2. A position on a field of play.

A position or seed in a tournament bracket.

A position on a field of play.

  1. To bring (a ship or other vessel) into a berth (noun sense 1.1); also, to provide a berth for (a vessel).

    To bring (a ship or other vessel) into a berth (noun sense 1.1); also, to provide a berth for (a vessel).

    To use a device to bring (a spacecraft) into its berth or dock.

    To assign (someone) a berth (noun sense 1.3 or sense 2.2) or place to sleep on a vessel, a train, etc.

    To provide (someone) with a berth (noun sense 3.1) or appointment, job, or position.

    1. Of a vessel: to move into a berth.
    2. Of a person: to occupy a berth.

    Of a vessel: to move into a berth.

    Of a person: to occupy a berth.

    Chiefly in shipbuilding: to construct (a ship or part of it) using wooden boards or planks; to board, to plank.

    fair, fine, beautiful

    Soft mutation of perth (hedge).

    Source: wiktionary.org