Definition of: berth

(bûrth) noun
1. A bunk or bed in a vessel or sleeping-car, etc.
2. Any place in which a vessel may lie at anchor or at a dock; sea room.
3. A place or engagement on a vessel.
4. Office or employment in general.
—to give a wide berth to To avoid; keep out of the way of.
—v.t. & v.i.
1. To provide with or occupy a bed.
2. Naut. To provide with or come to an anchorage. ◆ Homophone: birth. [Origin unknown]