sick berth

1. 1.

   (nautical) a room for the treatment of the sick or injured (as on a ship)

   Synonymssickbay

   Broaderroom

   ship

Questions about sick berth

What does sick berth mean?

sick berth means "(nautical) a room for the treatment of the sick or injured (as on a ship)".

What is another word for sick berth?

Close synonyms include sickbay. 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 sick berth a common word?

sick berth is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.