berth
noun
a shelflike sleeping space, as on a ship, airplane, or railroad car.
berthed
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past participleof berth.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof berth.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
berthnouna shelflike sleeping space, as on a ship, airplane, or railroad car.
Example Sentences
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While rain battered Manhattan during Memorial Day weekend, more than 1,400 people packed into the hangar deck of the USS Intrepid, a World War II aircraft carrier permanently berthed at Midtown Manhattan’s Pier 86.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
Each “Book” occupies one side of a long bilateral vitrine, which commands the narrow gallery like a berthed aircraft carrier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026
Then just after 10 p.m. on July 17, 1944, there was a massive explosion of munitions while the SS Quinault Victory and SS E. A. Bryan were berthed at the pier.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2024
Bright Spark: "Side-on view of the Vital Spark berthed in Inveraray", says Bryan Wark.
From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2024
The beet-wagon driver had taken her where the fishing boats berthed, for those were the very first boats to leave Saint Petersburg each day.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
