berth

/bˈɝθ/

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Definitions

Noun
a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury"
Noun
a place where a craft can be made fast
Noun
a bed on a ship or train; usually in tiers
Verb
provide with a berth
Verb
secure in or as if in a berth or dock; "tie up the boat"
Verb
come into or dock at a wharf; "the big ship wharfed in the evening"

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academicianship accountantship admiralty ambassadorship apostleship apprenticeship associateship attorneyship bailiffship baronetage bishopry cadetship caliphate captaincy captainship cardinalship chair chairmanship chancellorship chaplaincy chaplainship chieftaincy chieftainship clerkship commandership commandery comptrollership consulship controllership councillorship councilorship counsellorship counselorship curacy curatorship custodianship deanery deanship directorship discipleship editorship eldership emirate episcopate fatherhood feudal lordship foremanship generalcy generalship governorship headship hot seat incumbency inspectorship instructorship internship judgeship judicature khanate lectureship legateship legation legislatorship librarianship lieutenancy lower lower berth magistracy magistrature managership manhood marshalship mastership mayoralty messiahship moderatorship overlordship pastorate pastorship peasanthood plum praetorship precentorship preceptorship prefecture prelacy prelature premiership presidency presidentship primateship principalship priorship proconsulate proconsulship proctorship professorship protectorship public office rabbinate receivership rectorate rectorship regency residency rulership sainthood secretaryship seigneury seigniory senatorship sinecure solicitorship speakership stewardship studentship teachership thaneship throne treasurership tribuneship trusteeship upper upper berth vice-presidency viceroyship viziership wardenship wardership wharf womanhood