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Ports
/pɔːts/
A place on the coast at which ships can shelter, or dock to load and unload cargo or passengers.
📖 Definitions of "Ports"
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A place on the coast at which ships can shelter, or dock to load and unload cargo or passengers.
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A town or city containing such a place, a port city.
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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.
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A sweep rower that primarily rows with an oar on the port side.
"Each eight has four ports and four starboards."
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An entryway or gate.
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An opening or doorway in the side of a ship, especially for boarding or loading; an embrasure through which a cannon may be discharged; a porthole.
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(bowls) A space between two stones wide enough for a delivered stone or bowl to pass through.
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An opening where a connection (such as a pipe) is made.
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Something used to carry a thing, especially a frame for wicks in candle-making.
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The manner in which a person carries himself; bearing; deportment; carriage. See also portance.
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The position of a weapon when ported; a rifle position executed by throwing the weapon diagonally across the front of the body, with the right hand grasping the small of the stock and the barrel sloping upward and crossing the point of the left shoulder.
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A program that has been adapted, modified, or recoded so that it works on a different platform from the one for which it was created; the act of this adapting.
"Gamers can't wait until a port of the title is released on the new system."
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A type of very sweet fortified wine, mostly dark red, traditionally made in Portugal.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Ports"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| portholenoun | (nautical) A circular window set in the hull of a ship. |
| larboardnoun | (archaic, nautical) The left side of a ship, looking from the stern forward to the bow; port side. |
| embrasurenoun | (architecture, military) Any of the indentations between the merlons of a battlement; an opening in a wall or parapet through which ordnance can be fired. |
| leftnoun | The left side or direction. |
| interfacenoun | (computing) The point of interconnection between systems or subsystems. |
| port winenoun | A type of fortified wine traditionally made in Portugal. |
| seaportnoun | A town or harbour with facilities for seagoing ships to dock and take on or discharge cargo. |
| harbournoun | (Commonwealth spelling) Standard spelling of harbor. |
| harbornoun | (countable, nautical) A sheltered expanse of water, adjacent to land, in which ships may anchor or dock, especially for loading and unloading. |
| docksnoun | A collection of docks, wharves, warehouses and offices |
| pointsnoun | (rail transport, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) Movable rails which can be used to switch a train from one railway track to another. |
| dotsnoun | A punctuation mark consisting of three dots, indicating an omission of some text or a sentence which wasn't fully finished, an ellipsis. |
| spannoun | The full width of an open hand from the end of the thumb to the end of the little finger used as an informal unit of length. |
| jacksnoun | (games) A children's game involving picking up objects; knucklebones; jackstones. |
| piersnoun | A male given name from Ancient Greek. |
| marksnoun | A surname transferred from the given name derived from the given name Mark. |
| holesnoun | A surname. |
| puertonoun | A surname from Spanish. |
| boresnoun | A surname from Czech. |
| airportsnoun | An airfield (an area designated for the takeoff and landing of aircraft), including one or more runways and (for commercial airports) one or more passenger terminals. |
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