port
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1.3
- noun
- /pɔrt/
:
puerto
- I came into port 2 days ago from New Zealand, on a freighter called Rangatira.
- a port of entry
- a port city
- a major port
It's things like roads and bridges, ports and and airports, trains and transit.
- It's things like roads and bridges, ports and and airports, trains and transit.
- But for the first time, all three ports are profitable.
- We went from Bandon Beach to Port Orford, where we are right now.
- This is exactly what happened in Australia after the Port Arthur massacres.
Examples
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Los Angeles, Seattle, and Oakland are major ports of the West Coast.
Academic text (2008) -
Buenaventura is the most important port city on Columbia's Pacific Coast.
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And, you know, we arrived at the port my third day in Africa.
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You see on the screen a site plan of the Port of Rome.
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And now we need to take the taxi to the port and then go have dinner.
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The boat's coming into port next week.
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How many weeks at a time would you be out to sea without stopping at port?
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We will be greeted at the port by a priest named Morelli.
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We arrived at the port early in the morning to watch the ships come in.
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The cruise ship docked at the port, allowing passengers to explore the city.
Synonyms
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1.0
A place where planes take off and land and people get on and off them
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1.8
A sheltered area of water where ships can anchor and load or unload
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4.4
A place like an airport or seaport where officers check people and goods entering a country
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2.2
A town or city by the sea where ships load and unload things and people
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4.1
An official place like an airport where people or goods enter a country and have customs and immigration checks
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
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4.1
A part of a port where businesses bring, store, and send goods without paying taxes
- Specialized
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3.7
A socket on a computer used to connect devices and send data one bit at a time
- Archaic
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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
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Etymology
Port The word port meaning a harbour comes from Latin portus 'harbour' and names places where ships stop to load and unload, so a port is where people and goods enter or leave a country.