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Noun: bilges bil-giz- In a vessel with two hulls, an enclosed area between the frames at each side
Noun: bilge bilj- Where the sides of a ship curve in to form the bottom
- Water accumulated in the bilge of a ship
- bilge water - [informal] Statements or beliefs that are untrue or make no sense
- bunk [informal], bunkum [informal], buncombe [informal], guff [informal], rot [informal], hogwash [informal], flapdoodle [N. Amer, informal], rhubarb [Brit, informal], Irish bull [slang], bull [slang], junk [informal], nonsense, jive [N. Amer, informal], folderol, rubbish [informal], tripe [informal], trumpery [archaic], trash [informal], wish-wash [informal], applesauce [N. Amer, informal], codswallop [Brit, informal], falderal Verb: bilge bilj- Damage the bilge of a ship so that it leaks
"the collision bilged the vessel" - (of a ship) hole and leak water
"the tanker bilged"; - take in water
Type of: bottom, damage, drivel, garbage, H2O, leak, underneath, underside, undersurface, water Part of: vessel, watercraft Encyclopedia: Bilge, Mardin |