berths
Slots for ships
Berths are sleeping accommodations on ships, trains, or other vehicles—narrow beds built into walls or stacked in tiers: The cabin had two berths.
A berth is also a ship's designated spot at a dock: The vessel pulled into its berth.
In sports, a berth is a position or slot: The team clinched a playoff berth.
To give someone a wide berth is to keep your distance from them.
Nonsense or stacked bed
- cabinSimple wooden dwelling
- stateroomPrivate cabin aboard ship
- sleeperOne at rest
- compartmentEnclosed subdivision of space
couchette · roomette · pullman · quarters · hammock · rack · upper · lower
Mooring structure at water's edge
- wharfShip docking structure
- pierWaterfront landing structure
- quayWaterfront loading platform
- slipMinor error or misstep
marina · anchorage · moorage · dockage · bollard · cleat · hawser · rope
Safe anchorage for ships
- portDocking place for ships
- seaportCoastal city with docks
- marinaRecreational vessel harbor
- shipyardVessel construction site
dockyard · jetty · waterfront · basin · slipway · cargo · terminal · anchorage
bunk
Nonsense or stacked bed
compartment · couchette · roomette · pullman · quarters · hammock · rack · upper · lower · suite
dock
Mooring structure at water's edge
slip · marina · anchorage · moorage · dockage · bollard · cleat · hawser · rope · tether
harbor
Safe anchorage for ships
shipyard · dockyard · jetty · waterfront · basin · slipway · cargo · terminal · anchorage · quayside
booking
Advance arrangement secured
- reservationAdvance arrangement to hold
- ticketEntry permit slip
- voyageJourney by sea
cruise · journey · passage · transit · itinerary · departure · arrival · destination · platform · conductor
slot
Narrow slit for insertion
- spotMark or location
- placePosition or location
- assignmentAllocated work or duty
allocation · station · position · rank · roster · team · job · opening · role · appointment
- Maritime Industryshipping lines, container ships, merchant ships, steamships, merchant marine
- TitanicTitanic, RMS Titanic, iceberg, sinking, lifeboats
- compartmentscompartments, cubbies, cubbyholes, pigeonholes, niches
- harborsanchorage, haven, Boston Harbor, New York Harbor, docks
- portsport, seaport, harbor, seaports, harbors
- seaportsseaport, docks, Shanghai, Singapore, container port
berthsadrift
Floating without control
unmoored · open water · at sea · drifting · untethered
berthsdismissals
Formal removal from position
unemployment · exclusions · cuts · displacements · rejections
- wide berthIntentional space for avoidance
- sleeping berthBuilt-in travel bed
- playoff berthQualification for elimination rounds
- lower berthTrain's ground-level sleeping space
- upper berthHigher sleeping platform
- ship's berth