bilge
Where leaks collect
Bilge is the lowest internal part of a ship's hull, where water collects.
By extension, bilge water is the foul liquid that accumulates there—a mixture of seawater, oil, and waste.
Figuratively, bilge means nonsense or rubbish: That's absolute bilge.
The word carries a sense of something worthless, polluted, or contemptible.
Senseless talk or writing
- poppycockFoolish or meaningless talk
- twaddleTrivial, foolish talk
- hogwashFoolish or untrue talk
- malarkeyInsincere foolish talk
gibberish · claptrap · drivel · codswallop · piffle · bunkum · humbug · baloney
Without movement or progress
putrid · brackish · sludgy · contaminated · oily · pumping · accumulation · seep
Hull's structural base
- bulkheadInternal vessel barrier
- holdMaintain in grasp
- compartmentEnclosed subdivision of space
- sumpDrain pit below grade
planking · strake · frames · ribs · chine · keelson · stringers · floorboards
balderdash
Senseless talk or writing
malarkey · gibberish · claptrap · drivel · codswallop · piffle · bunkum · humbug · baloney · bosh
stagnant
Without movement or progress
murky · putrid · brackish · sludgy · contaminated · oily · pumping · accumulation · seep · moisture
keel
Hull's structural base
- bulkheadInternal vessel barrier
- holdMaintain in grasp
- compartmentEnclosed subdivision of space
sump · planking · strake · frames · ribs · chine · keelson · stringers · floorboards · limber
sump
Drain pit below grade
evacuate · expel · bailing · emptying · automatic · manual · submersible · impeller · hose · intake
blather
Foolish, pointless chatter
jabber · yammer · waffle · natter · spout · spew · rant · droning · hot air · wind
bilgetruth
Accordance with reality
sense · wisdom · reason · rationality · reasonableness
bilgedeck
Ship's flat surface
upper deck · gunwale · freeboard · superstructure · masthead
bilgefresh water
Nonsaline H2O
clean water · pure water · drinking water · potable water · spring water
- bilge waterDirty water in ship's bottom
- budget billLegislation setting government expenditures
- bilge pumpShip's water-removal device
- bilge ratMaritime term of contempt
- budget billingAveraged payment plan