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Noun: bilges  bil-giz
  1. In a vessel with two hulls, an enclosed area between the frames at each side
Noun: bilge  bilj
  1. Where the sides of a ship curve in to form the bottom
     
  2. Water accumulated in the bilge of a ship
    - bilge water
     
  3. [informal] Statements or beliefs that are untrue or make no sense
    - bunk [informal], bunkum [informal], buncombe [informal], guff [informal], rot [informal], hogwash [informal], flapdoodle [N. Amer, informal], rhubarb [Brit, informal], Irish bull [slang], bull [slang], junk [informal], nonsense, jive [N. Amer, informal], folderol, rubbish [informal], tripe [informal], trumpery [archaic], trash [informal], wish-wash [informal], applesauce [N. Amer, informal], codswallop [Brit, informal], falderal
Verb: bilge  bilj
  1. Damage the bilge of a ship so that it leaks
    "the collision bilged the vessel"
     
  2. (of a ship) hole and leak water
    "the tanker bilged";
    - take in water

Type of: bottom, damage, drivel, garbage, H2O, leak, underneath, underside, undersurface, water

Part of: vessel, watercraft

Encyclopedia: Bilge, Mardin