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Definition: Meaning of, port in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / pɔːt /

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port ports
  1. where ships stop [uncountable and countable] a place where ships can be loaded and unloaded
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  2. town [countable] a town or city with a HARBOUR or DOCK s where ships can be loaded or unloaded
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  3. computer [countable] a part of a computer where you can connect another piece of equipment, such as a PRINTER
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  4. wine [uncountable] strong sweet Portuguese wine that is usually drunk after a meal
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  5. side of ship [uncountable] the left side of a ship or aircraft when you are looking towards the front
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  6. any port in a storm spoken used to say that you should take whatever help you can when you are in trouble, even if it has some disadvantages
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Present Participle Third Person Singular
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  1. to move software from one computer system to another
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port used in phrases

  • Port Arthur (noun)
    1. 1894 a battle in the Chino-Japanese War ; Japanese captured the port and fortifications from the Chinese
    2. a major port city in northeastern China on the Liaodong Peninsula; now a part of Luda
  • Port Jackson fig (noun)
    1. australian tree resembling the banyan often planted for ornament; introduced into South Africa for brushwood
  • Port Jackson heath (noun)
    1. small shrub of southern and western Australia having pinkish to rosy purple tubular flowers
  • Port Jackson pine (noun)
    1. australian cypress pine having globular cones
  • Port Louis (noun)
    1. capital and chief port of Mauritius; located on the northwestern coast of the island
  • Port Moresby
    1. the capital city of PAPUA NEW GUINEA
  • Port Orford cedar (noun)
    1. the wood of the Port Orford cedar tree
    2. large timber tree of western North America with trunk diameter to 12 feet and height to 200 feet
  • Port Stanley
    1. the capital of the Falkland Islands, and the place where the FALKLANDS WAR of 1982 began and ended
  • Port Sudan (noun)
    1. port city in Sudan on the Red Sea
  • Port Vila (noun)
    1. capital of Vanuatu
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