port
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɔːt/
ipa: /pɔɹt/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /po(ː)ɹt/
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /poət/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t
Forms: form: ports
Etymology: From Old English port, borrowed from Latin portus (“port, harbour”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”) (and thus a distant doublet of ford). The directional sense, attested since at least the 1500s, derives from ancient vessels with the steering oar on the right (see etymology of starboard), which therefore had to moor with their left sides facing the dock or wharf. Doublet of fjard, fjord, firth, ford, and Portus.
Senses: examples: text: peering in maps for ports and piers and roads
ref: c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
text: From the ground, Colombo's port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.
ref: 2013 June 8, “The new masters and commanders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 52:
synonyms: harbour
haven
glosses: A place on the coast at which ships can shelter, or dock to load and unload cargo or passengers.
examples: text: More broadly, the port is seen as a litmus test for France; if its most multicultural city can foster vast Muslim enclaves viewed with broad suspicion or hostility by the police, then what hope is there elsewhere?
ref: 2023 July 1, Mark Townsend, “‘We are seen as less human’: inside Marseille’s districts abandoned by the police”, in The Observer, →ISSN:
synonyms: harbour city
harbour town
port city
glosses: A town or city containing such a place, a port city.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
nautical
physical-sciences
transport
synonyms: backboard
larboard
leeboard
left
antonyms: starboard
glosses: The left-hand side of a vessel, including aircraft, when one is facing the front. Used to unambiguously refer to directions relative to the vessel structure, rather than to a person or object on board.
examples: text: Each eight has four ports and four starboards.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
rowing
sports
glosses: A sweep rower that primarily rows with an oar on the port side.
Hyponyms: cold-water port
warm-water port
Derived terms: word: Nouns
word: airport
word: any port in a storm
word: carport
word: container port
word: dry port
word: establishment of the port
word: first port of call
word: free port
word: girl in every port
word: half-port
word: heliport
word: helm-port
word: helm port
word: home port
word: megaport
word: outport
word: port authority
word: port knocking
word: portlet
word: port of call
word: port of entry
word: port of registry
word: raft port
word: river port
word: seaport
word: secondary port
word: spaceport
word: standard port
word: static port
word: treaty port
word: Proper nouns
sense: Place names that include "port"
word: Burry Port
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word: Devonport
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word: Dudley Port
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word: East Cove Port
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word: Ellesmere Port
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word: Freeport
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word: Gulfport
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word: Lockport
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word: Logansport
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word: Masindi Port
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word: Newport
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word: North Port
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word: Old Port
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word: Pembrey and Burry Port Town
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word: Port Adelaide
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word: Port Allen
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word: Port Angeles
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word: Port Antonio
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word: Port Area
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word: Port Arthur
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word: Port Augusta
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word: Port Austin
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word: Port Barre
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word: Port Bell
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word: Port Blandford
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word: Port Canaveral
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word: Port Carlisle
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word: Port Chalmers
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word: Port Chicago
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word: Port Clarence
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word: Port Clinton
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word: Port Coquitlam
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word: Port Dickson
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word: Port Dundas
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word: Port Eglinton
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word: Port Elizabeth
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word: Port Ellen
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word: Port Erin
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word: Port Erroll
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word: Port Eynon
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word: Port Gaverne
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word: Port Gibson
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word: Port Glasgow
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word: Portgordon
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word: Port Gordon
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word: Port Hedland
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word: Port Hills
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word: Port Hope
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word: Port Huron
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word: Port Isaac
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word: Port Jackson
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word: Port Jervis
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word: Port Kembla
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word: Port Klang
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word: Port Lavaca
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word: Port Lincoln
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word: Port Lyautey
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word: Port Macquarie
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word: Port Melbourne
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word: Port Mellon
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word: Port Moody
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word: Port Nolloth
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word: Port of Menteith
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word: Port of Spain
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word: Port Orchard
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word: Portpatrick
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word: Port Pirie
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word: Port Providence
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word: Port Quin
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word: Port Region
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word: Port Royal
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word: Port Salford
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word: Port Seton
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word: Port Soderick
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word: Port Stephens
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word: Port St. Joe
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word: Port St Mary
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word: Port Sudan
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word: Port Suez
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word: Port Sunlight
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word: Port Swettenham
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word: Port Talbot
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word: Port Tewfik
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word: Port Townsend
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word: Port Victoria
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word: Port Washington
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word: Port Weld
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word: Rock Port
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word: Searsport
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word: Suez Port
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word: Tayport
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word: Teesport
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word: Westport