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Type Words
Synonyms interface
Type of computer circuit
Has types small computer system interface, parallel port, scsi, parallel interface, serial port
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Synonyms port wine
Type of fortified wine
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Synonyms larboard
Type of side
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Synonyms larboard
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Synonyms embrasure, porthole
Type of opening
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Type of geographical point, geographic point
Has types haven, outport, free port, home port, harbor, seaport, port of entry, point of entry, entrepot, treaty port, transshipment center, harbour
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the captain ported the ship at night.
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Type of carry, transport
Derivation porter, portage


The small canoe could be ported easily.
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Type of transport, carry


port a rifle.
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Type of fuddle, hit the bottle, booze, drink


We were porting all in the club after dinner.
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Type of land, set down


The ship finally ported.
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Type of modify, alter, change
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Type of turn


port the helm.
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Type of turn


The big ship was slowly porting.

Examples of port

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There was no breakwater, the port was in shambles, but there was an inspiration.
From the courier-journal.com
It's the world's biggest port operator, with berths from Hong Kong to Rotterdam.
From the businessweek.com
I didn't speak much Korean, and I went to a port city called Pusan in the south.
From the courier-journal.com
Stonington is an important fishing port on a beautiful and largely empty island.
From the post-gazette.com
On a hot Sunday night, a car pulls over in the port of Odessa, southern Ukraine.
From the time.com
These sandwiches were filling and hearty, the perfect dish to eat while at port.
From the abcnews.go.com
Port Louis, the capital, is cradled in a valley between steep hills and the sea.
From the nzherald.co.nz
When he got back to port, his neighbourhood and nearly everything else was gone.
From the nzherald.co.nz
It sounds daft, as most of you live there, but the first port of call is London.
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More examples
  • Put or turn on the left side, of a ship; "port the helm"
  • A place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country
  • Sweet dark-red dessert wine originally from Portugal
  • Bring to port; "the captain ported the ship at night"
  • An opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through
  • Interface: (computer science) computer circuit consisting of the hardware and associated circuitry that links one device with another (especially a computer and a hard disk drive or other peripherals)
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  • Port is a municipality in the canton of Bern in Switzerland, located in the Biel/Bienne administrative district.
  • In computer science, porting is the process of adapting software so that an executable program can be created for a computing environment that is different from the one for which it was originally designed (e.g. different CPU, operating system, or third party library). ...