spaceport
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- noun
- /ˈspeɪspɔrt/
:
puerto espacial
- More than six kilometers to the spaceport, and I had to do it on foot through a snowstorm.
- a commercial spaceport
- spaceport facilities
- the first commercial spaceport
Examples
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There's a starliner leaving from Coronet Spaceport, we're gonna be on it.
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John, I figure we'll try for the Palmdale Spaceport.
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Peter will be trying to get to the spaceport.
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Jim, my boy, soon we'll be off to the spaceport.
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Then I was to trail him back to the spaceport and get the number of his ship.
Fiction book (1991) -
Next stop, Los Angeles Spaceport.
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The spaceport is not going to be pleasant.
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I just need one hour off so I can go to the spaceport for tryouts.
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Wendy remembered the cab ride from the spaceport to the hotel.
Fiction book (1991) -
The rocket launched successfully from the spaceport during the early morning hours.
Synonyms
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9.9
A place where rockets and spacecraft are launched into space
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A place with machines to send rockets or satellites into space
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A place where rockets or spaceships start their flight
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Etymology
Spaceport combines space and port and is easy to remember: think of an airport for rockets. A port originally means 'harbour' or a place where vehicles arrive and leave, so a spaceport is a place where spacecraft are launched, land, or are serviced.