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Noun: berth  burth
  1. A job in an organization
    - position, post, office, place, situation
     
  2. A place where a craft can be made fast
    - mooring, moorage, slip
     
  3. A bed on a ship or train; usually in tiers
    - bunk, built in bed
Verb: berth  burth
  1. Provide with a berth
     
  2. Secure in or as if in a berth or dock
    "berth the boat";
    - moor, tie up
     
  3. Come into or dock at a wharf
    "the big ship berthed in the evening";
    - moor, wharf

Sounds like: birth

Derived forms: berthing, berthed, berths

Type of: anchorage, anchorage ground, bed, business, dock, fasten, fix, furnish, job, line, line of work, occupation, offer, provide, render, secure, supply

Encyclopedia: Berth, Paul