Wondering how to use Bilge in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as water or bottom.
Bilge meaning
- The rounded portion of a ship's hull, forming a transition between the bottom and the sides.
- The lowest inner part of a ship's hull, where water accumulates.
- The water accumulated in the bilge; bilge water.
Using Bilge
- The main meaning on this page is: The rounded portion of a ship's hull, forming a transition between the bottom and the sides. | The lowest inner part of a ship's hull, where water accumulates. | The water accumulated in the bilge; bilge water.
- Useful related words include: bilge water, water, h2o, bottom.
- In the example corpus, bilge often appears in combinations such as: the bilge, and bilge, bilge water.
Context around Bilge
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 14 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Bilge
- In this selection, "bilge" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, critic, irresistible, dumped, water, pump and keels stand out and add context to how "bilge" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include all the bilge written about and an internal bilge pump. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "bilge" sits close to words such as aal, aalto and aardvark, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with bilge
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Subsequently, however, Bilge decided to rehabilitate him. (7 words)
It’s all bilge, from first foot to last bell. (10 words)
His name after assuming the title was Bilge Khagan (or Bilge Qhagan). (12 words)
Oil pollution can only be assumed rather than confirmed, but it has been reported some passing ships have dumped bilge water into the sea and birds could have become exposed to it at sea, it is also being pushed closer to the shore by the wind. (46 words)
Publicity brags that the film takes place in real time during the course of a single night, but I guess the clueless writer-director of this bilge, Zackary Adler, is unaware that it takes years to mount a criminal trial in New York City. (44 words)
The ship was then disinfected, dead bodies buried at sea, infected clothing, bedding, etc., destroyed or disinfected, and bilge-water and water-ballast (subject to exceptions) pumped out at a suitable distance before the ship entered a dock or basin. (40 words)
The Zone of Interest, but first, let me hop aboard the love train started by Bilge with and followed by Esther with a beautiful and perceptive take on Are You There God? (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
His name after assuming the title was Bilge Khagan (or Bilge Qhagan).
Let’s have New York magazine and Vulture film critic Bilge Ebiri take it from here.
The Zone of Interest, but first, let me hop aboard the love train started by Bilge with and followed by Esther with a beautiful and perceptive take on Are You There God?
It’s all bilge, from first foot to last bell.
That one was silly but qualified for a special category where once Andrea Newman dramatisations resided - “irresistible bilge”.
A forklift driver was tipping a 22-foot center console fishing boat to drain water from the bilge before taking it to the service building.
Of all the bilge written about Harry and Meghan over the past few days, it was a column by the Sun’s royal photographer Arthur Edwards that came closest to Private Eye-style self-parody.
Oil pollution can only be assumed rather than confirmed, but it has been reported some passing ships have dumped bilge water into the sea and birds could have become exposed to it at sea, it is also being pushed closer to the shore by the wind.
Linus Girdland-Flink, left, and Ledger drain the excavation site using a bilge pump.
Other harbor-related projects include abandoned watercraft abatement, swim platforms, dock maintenance, beach and bay sand management, and bilge pumpout dock/oil collection center, bulkhead and seawall repair, harbor pier rehabilitation, and more.
Publicity brags that the film takes place in real time during the course of a single night, but I guess the clueless writer-director of this bilge, Zackary Adler, is unaware that it takes years to mount a criminal trial in New York City.
Unfortunately, that’s true even if the interaction is your comment on the post, telling others that it’s bilge water.
After Qaghan Qapaghan's death, he did not support Kultegin and Bilge in their struggle against the power of Qapaghan's sons.
Any water seeping into the tank's hull could be expelled by an internal bilge pump.
Ballast and bilge discharge from ships can also spread human pathogens and other harmful diseases and toxins potentially causing health issues for humans and marine life alike.
In the winter of 1897–1898 she was put in drydock where bilge keels were installed to improve her stability.
Subsequently, however, Bilge decided to rehabilitate him.
The fixed fin keel is most commonly found on modern cruising yachts worldwide but some are still built with twin 'bilge' keels or with lifting fin keels which retract into the yacht's hull.
The ship was then disinfected, dead bodies buried at sea, infected clothing, bedding, etc., destroyed or disinfected, and bilge-water and water-ballast (subject to exceptions) pumped out at a suitable distance before the ship entered a dock or basin.
Tyler orders crewman Trigger to submerse himself in the bilge underwater to repressurize the torpedo tubes.
Common combinations with bilge
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: