Moor vs. Berth

By Jaxson

  • Moor (noun)

    an extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath

    “A cold, biting wind blew across the moor, and the travellers hastened their step.”

  • Moor (noun)

    a game preserve consisting of moorland

  • Moor (verb)

    To cast anchor or become fastened.

  • Moor (verb)

    To fix or secure (e.g. a vessel) in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with ropes, cables or chains or the like

    “the vessel was moored in the stream”

    “they moored the boat to the wharf.”

  • Moor (verb)

    To secure or fix firmly.

  • Berth (noun)

    A fixed bunk for sleeping in (caravans, trains, etc).

  • Berth (noun)

    Room for maneuvering or safety. (Often used in the phrase a wide berth.)

  • Berth (noun)

    A space for a ship to moor or a vehicle to park.

  • Berth (noun)

    A room in which a number of the officers or ship’s company mess and reside.

  • Berth (noun)

    A job or position, especially on a ship.

  • Berth (noun)

    Position or seed in a tournament bracket.

  • Berth (noun)

    position on the field of play

  • Berth (verb)

    to bring (a ship or vehicle) into its berth

  • Berth (verb)

    to assign a berth (bunk or position) to

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