bilge

Examples

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• Someone just opened the bilge in a sailboat at the Ala Wai Yacht Harbor.

  H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds (2005)

• Fearful that the crew were coming up on deck, they slipped down a small aft hatch that led down into the evil-smelling darkness of the ship's bilge.

  Fiction book (1992)

• Now open the hatch to the bilge.

  Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie (1997)

• Bilge is at 18 inches and rising.

  U-571 (2000)

• Bilges must be checked once a day in normal weather conditions and at regular intervals in rough weather.

  Blog text (29)

• When the ship is at port, cargo hold bilges must be drained into holding tanks.

  Blog text (29)

• Han and dakila are working the bilges, but that hull breach is going to have to be dealt with immediately.

  2-Headed Shark Attack (2012)

• We have had the hull ripped open below the waterline; the circ water pumps are taking suction from the bilges, and the water is rising.

  Blog text (23)

• They appeared to ignore the corrosion and the constantly running bilge pumps that strained to carry off the heavy leakage during the voyage.

  Fiction book (1998)

• If the water level rises too high, it will overflow from the bilge and cause flooding.

Synonyms

B

bilge well

vsbilge

• Specialized

9.9

A low space at the bottom of a ship where leaked water collects to be pumped out

is the hull's lowest area where sides meet bottom, not a collection recess

Antonyms

T

topside

• Specialized

9 6.9

Part of a ship above the water where the decks are

Compounds

B

bilge pump

• Specialized

3 7.1

A machine that removes water from the bottom of a boat

B

bilge water

• Specialized

1 9.6

Water that collects in the lowest part of a ship and is often dirty or oily

B

bilge keel

• Specialized

9.9

A long narrow fin on a ship's hull that reduces rolling

B

bilge well

• Specialized

9.9

A low space at the bottom of a ship where leaked water collects to be pumped out

Surface Forms

Etymology