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port
has definitions from the fields of computer science,physics,electronics,nautical,arms,food,geography,transportation
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[ noun ] (geography) a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country
Used in print (John Dos Passos, Midcentury....)It was responsible and sometimes dangerous work because the thieving is awful in the port of New_York . Related terms geographic_point Chicago San_Francisco Detroit St._Louis Baltimore seaport Houston Savannah Newport Honolulu Seattle New_Orleans Palermo Odessa Dublin Newcastle Acapulco Lisbon Liverpool Messina Veracruz Hong_Kong Vancouver Djibouti Oran Algiers Hobart Antwerp Oslo Reykjavik Tripoli Dubrovnik Victoria Muscat Saint_John Saint_John's Hamilton Natal Recife Bergen Luanda Sao_Paulo Hull Trondheim Paramaribo Bristol Malmo Buenos_Aires port_of_entry outport Oakland Bridgeport Valdez Ayr Glasgow Hannover Goteborg Swansea Helsinki Alexandria Cairo accho Pusan chittagong Monrovia Benghazi Port_Louis Casablanca Lagos brest Asuncion Gdansk chemulpo Doha Castries Pago_Pago Dakar Victoria Freetown Mogadiscio Cape_Town Rostov Tallinn Riga haiphong Baku Barcelona Cadiz Cartagena sousse Bangkok Tunis Mobile Corinth Valparaiso Antofagasta Osaka Jacksonville Hiroshima Thessalonika Nagasaki Mombasa Haifa Shanghai montego_bay Charleston bridgetown Norfolk Bordeaux Cuidad_Bolivar Aden durazzo cartagena aspinwall mazatlan tampico santiago cotonou aarhus Cannes Jaffa aalborg stavanger Conakry maarianhamina salonica brindisi la_spezia thunder_bay Georgetown gand pompey cork galway limerick waterford samarang abadan basia yokohama kisumu Naples calais le_havre marseille nantes banjul Canton tarabulus sur auckland oporto setubal jidda capital_of_somalia durban murmansk dneprodzerzhinsk malaga sevilla port_sudan adalia izmir dubai santos alpena duluth portsmouth newport_news portsmouth maracaibo treaty_port home_port annaba lushun barranquilla massawa patrai belem cherbourg beira free_port cumana al-hudaydah al-mukalla entrepot |
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[ noun ] (food) sweet dark-red dessert wine originally from Portugal
Synonyms Used in print (Guy Bolton, The Olympians....)A cold supper was ordered and a bottle of port . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (arms) an opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through
Used in print (Stephen Longstreet, Eagles Where I Walk....)The gilt sterns of the men-of-war becoming clearer to him , the sides of the wooden sea walls alternately painted yellow and black , the bronze cannon at the ports . |
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[ verb ] (nautical,transportation) land at or reach a port
Examples "The ship finally ported" Related terms |
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[ verb ] carry or hold with both hands diagonally across the body, esp. of weapons
Examples "port a rifle" Related terms |
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[ verb ] (nautical) bring to port
Examples "the captain ported the ship at night" |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 11000
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[ noun ] (computer science) computer circuit consisting of the hardware and associated circuitry that links one device with another (especially a computer and a hard disk drive or other peripherals)
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