port

port
port1
noun a town or city with a harbour or access to navigable water where ships load or unload.
↘a harbour.
Phrases
port of call a place where a ship or person stops on a journey.
port of entry a harbour or airport where customs officers are stationed to oversee passengers and goods entering or leaving a country.
Origin
OE, from L. portus 'harbour'.
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port2
(also port wine)
noun a sweet dark red (occasionally brown or white) fortified wine, originally from Portugal.
Origin
shortened form of Oporto, a port in Portugal from which the wine is shipped.
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port3
noun the side of a ship or aircraft that is on the left when one is facing forward. The opposite of starboard.
verb turn (a ship or its helm) to port.
Origin
C16: prob. orig. the side containing an entry port or facing the port (quayside) for loading.
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port4
noun
1》 an opening in the side of a ship for boarding or loading.
    ↘a porthole.
2》 an opening for the passage of steam, liquid, or gas.
3》 (also gun port) an opening in the body of an aircraft or in a wall or armoured vehicle through which a gun may be fired.
4》 Electronics a socket in a computer network into which a device can be plugged.
5》 chiefly Scottish a gate or gateway, especially into a walled city.
Origin
OE, from L. porta 'gate'.
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port5
verb
1》 Computing transfer (software) from one system or machine to another.
2》 Military carry (a rifle or other weapon) diagonally across and close to the body with the barrel or blade near the left shoulder.
noun
1》 Military the position required by an order to port a weapon.
2》 literary a person's carriage or bearing.
3》 Computing an instance of porting software.
Origin
ME: from OFr. port 'bearing, gait', from porter, from L. portare 'carry'.
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port6
noun Austral. informal a suitcase or travelling bag.
Origin
C19: abbrev. of portmanteau.

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