port
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4.8
- noun
- /pɔrt/
- Specialized
:
babor
- Then he ran to the port rail to pass his end around.
- the port side
- port or starboard
But port and starboard, I remember port is left because port and left have the same amount of letters.
- But port and starboard, I remember port is left because port and left have the same amount of letters.
- This is where it talks about that red light on the on the left is kind of port.
Examples
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'We'll be docking on your port side in two hours.
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Hey, stow that on the port side!
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Get to the port side.
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I want you to pull me right up next to the port side.
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- I'll take the port side.
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The boat obeyed his orders: to port side, hold, slow down, easy.
Fiction book (1995) -
Now they came about, veering to port so as to continue to close with the Princess of Moonshae.
Fiction book (1992) -
But if you look to port and starboard, you'll see formations of alien vessels approaching.
Fiction book (1991) -
The halves of the boat tilted, and he was hurled to the port side, slammed hard against the gunwales.
Fiction book (1994) -
'We'll be docking on our port side in two hours.'
Synonyms
5
4.2
The left side of a ship or plane when facing forward
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9.9
The left side of a ship or plane when you face forward
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
Taking any help because the situation is bad even if it is not perfect
Compounds
- Formal
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4.4
A place like an airport or seaport where officers check people and goods entering a country
- Specialized
1
4.1
A part of a port where businesses bring, store, and send goods without paying taxes
- Specialized
1
3.7
A socket on a computer used to connect devices and send data one bit at a time
- Archaic
1
4.3
A socket on a computer that connects devices like printers and sends data across many wires
A 1894 fight between China and Japan in which Japanese forces captured Port Arthur's forts and harbour
A large evergreen tree from the Pacific coast with blue green leaves and strong wood
Wood from the Port Orford cedar tree that is light, strong, and has a nice smell
- Australian
A large Australian tree with wide branches and roots that hang down, often planted for shade
- Australian
A small shrub with pink to rosy purple tube-shaped flowers that grows in southern and western Australia
- Specialized
A program that watches network ports and reports open or suspicious connections
- Specialized
An operation on the heart using small cuts and cameras to bypass blocked arteries while a machine keeps blood moving
- Specialized
A flat pink or purple birthmark on the skin caused by too many small blood vessels
- Archaic
A port in China, Korea, or Japan opened to foreign trade by treaty in the 1800s and early 1900s
Surface Forms
Etymology
Port The side of a ship called port is the left side when you face forward, because sailors used to tie that side of the ship to the harbour or port, so the word came to mean the left side.