Berth

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1. Noun

Convenient sea room.

2. Noun

A room in which a number of the officers or ship's company mess and reside.

3. Noun

The place where a ship lies when she is at anchor, or at a wharf.

4. Noun

An allotted place; an appointment; situation or employment.

5. Noun

A place in a ship to sleep in; a long box or shelf on the side of a cabin or stateroom, or of a railway car, for sleeping in.

6. Verb

To give an anchorage to, or a place to lie at; to place in a berth; as, she was berthed stem to stern with the Adelaide.

7. Verb

To allot or furnish berths to, on shipboard; as, to berth a ship's company.

8. Noun

a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury"
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