Synonyms for bilge
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : bilj |
| Phonetic Transcription : bɪldʒ |
Définition of bilge
Origin :- 1510s, "lowest internal part of a ship," also used of the foulness which collects there; variant of bulge "ship's hull," also "leather bag," from Old North French boulge "leather sack," from Late Latin bulga "leather sack," apparently from Gaulish bulga (see budget (n.)).
- noun rubbish
- Not that I was one who craved for wrack and bilge at my nose all the time.
- Extract from : « John Splendid » by Neil Munro
- Mayo trod carefully down the bilge and clasped the mate's hand.
- Extract from : « Blow The Man Down » by Holman Day
- Well, he's dead now, he is—as dead as bilge; and who's to sail this ship, I don't see.
- Extract from : « Treasure Island » by Robert Louis Stevenson
- “There are worse smells than bilge water,” replied the captain.
- Extract from : « Peter Simple » by Frederick Marryat
- The arrangement for baling out the bilge water is extremely laborious.
- Extract from : « Southern Arabia » by Theodore Bent
- In the place where it can be used when most wanted—the bilge.
- Extract from : « On Yachts and Yacht Handling » by Thomas Fleming Day
- This not only is liable to bilge her, but makes it far more difficult to get her off.
- Extract from : « On Yachts and Yacht Handling » by Thomas Fleming Day
- She was 26' long, 9' deep, and fitted with centre and bilge keels.
- Extract from : « Torpedoes and Torpedo Warfare » by C. W. Sleeman
- One pump is no longer quite enough to keep the water in the bilge.
- Extract from : « The Last of the Flatboats » by George Cary Eggleston
- Your gas is in the bottom of the boat, along with the bilge water.
- Extract from : « The Shadow Passes » by Roy J. Snell
Antonyms for bilge
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