bilge
/bɪld͡ʒ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.67 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The rounded portion of a ship's hull, forming a transition between the bottom and the sides.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "[…] water deluged into the cockpit and Niagaraed into the bilge. Only constant use of the pump kept the floorboards from going adrift."
- "talk bilge"
- "complete bilge"
- ""The whole thing is the most absolute bilge and a disgrace to our legislature.""
- "That they can, with a straight face, praise it as good scholarship calls into question whether they can any longer recognize even passable scholarship. More likely, however, they know bilge when they see it—but laud this particular bilge nonetheless because it furthers a common partisan interest."