berth vs levee

berth

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

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

  • position on the field of play 

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

  • A job or position, especially on a ship. 

  • Position or seed in a tournament bracket. 

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

verb
  • To use a device to bring a spaceship into its berth/dock 

  • to bring (a ship or vehicle) into its berth/berthing 

  • to assign a berth (bunk or position) to 

levee

noun
  • A pier or other landing place on a river. 

  • A formal reception, especially one given by royalty or other leaders. 

  • The border of an irrigated field. 

  • An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi. 

  • An elevated geographical feature. 

  • A reception of visitors held after getting up. 

  • The steep bank of a river. 

verb
  • To attend the levee or levees of. 

  • To keep within a channel by means of levees. 

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