berth

1. 1.

   provide with a berth

   Broadersupply
2. 2.

   secure in or as if in a berth or dock

   “tie up the boat”

   Synonymsmoortie up

   Broaderfasten

   Narrowerwharf
3. 3.

   come into or dock at a wharf

   “the big ship wharfed in the evening”

   Synonymsmoorwharf

   Broaderdock

Other forms of berth

plural

berths·

past tense

berthed·

present participle

berthing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about berth

What does berth mean?

berth means "a job in an organization". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in berth?

berth has 1 syllable: berth. In IPA it is /ˈbɝθ/.

What is another word for berth?

Close synonyms include position, post, office, spot, billet. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is berth a common word?

berth is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with berth?

3 words rhyme with berth. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.