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• Steer to port and give the rocks a wide berth.From the entry wide berth
• Our cat always gives the vacuum cleaner a wide berth.From the entry wide berth
• A sailing vacation does not need to be expensive, if you club together with friends and share a week's rent of a 10-berth yacht.From the entry club together
• Give the camera op a wide berth when he or she is shooting on Steadicam.2017 November 21, Kristina Sexton, Acting in LA: How to Become a Working Actor in Hollywood, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN. From the entry op
• "I granted their ship permission to berth in the bay," Luna projected this with apology.2005, Lara Elf Princess Prendville, Screams BeNeath Pandora. From the entry besay
• At 2:30 P.M. two gray-and-yellow tugs began horsing her out of her berth.1981, Robert Roderick, The Greek Position: A Novel, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN. From the entry horse
• A berth was reserved for me by my friends in the same cabin as that of Sjt.1927, M[ohandas] K[aramchand] Gandhi, “Outcaste”, in Mahadev Desai, transl., The Story of My Experiments with Truth: Translated from the…. From the entry stripling
• A berth was reserved for me by my friends in the same cabin as that of Sergt.1927-29, M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, translated 1940 by Mahadev Desai, Part I, Chapter xii. From the entry vakil
• The excursion fare of £64 return, for trips of up to six nights, includes a berth in an "economy" cabin.2014 February 5, Simon Calder, “of the Week: A Boat”, in New York Times, retrieved 20 Oct 2015. From the entry excursion fare
• On berthing at Shell Haven we were greeted by the rummage squad and we got the full treatment.2014, Anthony Holten, High Kings To Seakings, page 151. From the entry rummage squad
• Riek's berth was on the starboard side with two women, and mine was on the leeboard side with two men.2010, George Sjouke Riemersma, 'Sa Wie It', page 85. From the entry leeboard
• In narrow marina berths, tightly closed blinds are a defense against everything from bash-and-grab thieves to peeping toms.1991, Janet Groene, Dressing ship: how to furnish, refurbish, and accessorize your boat, →ISBN. From the entry bash and grab
• Derelict and well-nigh forgotten, Port Victoria now watches the great ships on the Medway—ships that might have berthed in its docks.1939 July, “Pertinent Paragraphs: Port Victoria”, in The Railway Magazine, London: Tothill Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 67. From the entry well-nigh
• The mess table, at which the reefers and mates made merry, was fixed in the middle of the berth.1905, John Masefield, Sea Life in Nelson's Times, page 27. From the entry reefer
• For now, Gray and her peers are able to compete for Olympic berths only in the seven-event heptathlon, while the decathlon is restricted to men.2021 June 7, Shauna Farnell, “An Olympic Hurdle: Why Is the Decathlon Only for Men?”, in The New York Times. From the entry heptathlon
• Justh added considerable filigree in the course of the 66-minute performance, none sanctioned by the score, but captivating enough to justify its berth.2007 December 1, Allan Kozinn, “That Same Old Beat, With Brand-New Choices”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 17 Jan…. From the entry filigree
• Lions and leopards have been known to kill and eat honey badgers, but on the whole, they will give them a wide berth.2007, Ross Piper, Extraordinary Animals: An Encyclopedia of Curious and Unusual Animals, page 48. From the entry honey badger
• If the Temeraire represents grounded theory (and other dataists) and at her last berth postmodernism waits, what about hermeneutics and critical theory?2000, Mats Alvesson, Kaj Sköldberg, Reflexive Methodology: New Vistas for Qualitative Research, →ISBN, page 321. From the entry dataist
• Most men gave him a wide berth, and for the sake of peace accepted sneers and insults that made the blood boil.1922, William MacLeod Raine, chapter 4, in Man Size. From the entry make someone's blood boil
• About one o’clock in the morning there was a terrific impact that threw the slumbering guests and crew from berth and bunk.1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 115. From the entry wrack
• Controversial plans to replace appointed peers with elected senators, longed for by the Lib Dems, were seemingly given a new berth among the leftovers of Sam Cam's veg box.2013 August 4, Matthew Bell, “It's a very good 17 days to bury bad news”, in The Independent, London. From the entry simples
• In particular, fulmars have the distinctive trait of vomiting half-digested fish oil when approached on the nest and should be given a wide berth wherever possible.2009, Gary Latter, “Scottish Rock”, in North, volume 2, page 383. From the entry fulmar
• They gained their berths in the Paralympiad by virtue of outstanding performances in the eighth annual United States Wheelchair Games held in June at Bulova Park, New York.1964 October 31, Tom Hopkins, “Sportraitures: The ‘Paralympiad’”, in William H. Ewing, editor, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, volume 53, number…. From the entry Paralympiad
• Two ships can be accommodated on the berth, although a single-vessel discharge is the usual arrangement, and there are three 20-ton ore unloaders on the quay.1963 June, B. Perren, “Colvilles iron ore traffic in the Glasgow area”, in Modern Railways, page 410. From the entry unloader
• A shock for passengers by the Dover-Dunkerque "Night Ferry" is the swingeing increases in berth rates for those who are not travelling in the sleeping cars.1962 December, “Beyond the Channel: European timetables: The winter train services”, in Modern Railways, page 413. From the entry swingeing
• Some large vessels that do not wish to berth in the Whangpoo anchor in the roadstead off the entrance to the river and discharge into lighters.1940, Commerce Reports, →OCLC, page 230. From the entry Whangpoo
• The port and starboard walls were lined with three-tiered berths so close together that the occupant must enter by assuming a half sitting, half reclining position.1929, Viola Irene Cooper, Windjamming to Fiji, New York: A. L. Burt Company, →OCLC, page 114. From the entry rombowline
• The marina was filled with yachts and powerboats, sleek multihulls fitted with the latest satellite-navigation gear that would steer the owners painlessly towards similar luxury berths at Portofino and Bandol.2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 141. From the entry owner
• I'm talking about a 25-footer that's less than 8 ft. 6 in. wide, which has room enough for a complete galley, full head with shower, and a midship sleeping berth.1990 July, Joe Skorupa, “Pocket Cruisers”, in Popular Mechanics, page 50. From the entry miniyacht

Meaning of berth

1. noun A place for a vessel to lie at anchor or to moor.
2. noun 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. noun A place on a vessel to sleep, especially a bed on the side of a cabin.

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Questions about berth in a sentence

How do you use berth in a sentence?

Berth is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Steer to port and give the rocks a wide berth.”

What is a short sentence with berth?

“Our cat always gives the vacuum cleaner a wide berth.”

What does berth mean?

Berth means a place for a vessel to lie at anchor or to moor.