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61Port. — 1. Portugal. 2. Portuguese. * * * port1 «prt, pohrt», noun. 1. a place where ships and boats can be sheltered from storms; harbor: »The ship sailed into port behind the reef where huge waves were smashing. SYNONYM(S): See syn. under harbor. (Cf.… …
62port — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ bustling, busy ▪ major ▪ coastal, foreign, home, sea ▪ Channel …
63port — 01. The ships couldn t unload their goods because dock workers at the [port] are on strike. 02. Victoria is an important [port] for Canada s navy fleet. 03. The fishing boats were gathered in the [port] to wait out the storm. 04. We went down to… …
64port */*/*/ — UK [pɔː(r)t] / US [pɔrt] noun Word forms port : singular port plural ports 1) a) [countable/uncountable] an area of water where ships stop, including the buildings around it. A harbour is the same thing but smaller and is intended for smaller… …
65port — I [[t]pɔrt, poʊrt[/t]] n. 1) a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload 2) a place along a coast in which ships may take refuge from storms; harbor 3) law Also called port of entry a) any place where imported goods may be received… …
66port — English has no fewer than five distinct words port, all of them going back to the Latin stem port , a descendant of the Indo European base *por ‘going, passage’ (from which English also gets fare, ford, etc). Based on this stem was portus… …
67port — 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… …
68port — English has no fewer than five distinct words port, all of them going back to the Latin stem port , a descendant of the Indo European base *por ‘going, passage’ (from which English also gets fare, ford, etc). Based on this stem was portus… …
69port — 1. n. 1 a harbour. 2 a place of refuge. 3 a town or place possessing a harbour, esp. one where customs officers are stationed. Phrases and idioms: port of call a place where a ship or a person stops on a journey. Port of London Authority the… …
70Port — Hafen * * * Pọrt1 〈m. 1; poet.〉 Hafen [<mhd. port(e) <afrz. port <lat. portus „Hafen“] Pọrt2 〈m. 6; EDV〉 Verbindungsstelle zw. Computer u. Peripheriegeräten [<engl. „Hafen; Pforte“] * * * 1Pọrt …
