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noun pɔːtpɔrt 1A town or city with a harbour or access to navigable water where ships load or unload. the French port of Toulon in place names Port Elizabeth Example sentencesExamples - Once the pair found a suitable location, they used the ice as a berth - there are not too many major ports or harbours in this inhospitable part of the world.
- A watchful eye is constantly kept by the patrol on the waters outside the base port.
- British agents developed a one-man midget submarine specifically to target enemy shipping anchored in ports or inshore waters.
- Beginning on July 1, 1999, ships entering American ports from foreign waters will have to report whether they have exchanged ballast offshore.
- It was centred on Garden Island Sydney but involved ports and civilian harbour controllers around Australia.
- Voting patterns suggest that market towns, such as ports and cities located on rivers, favored penitentiaries.
- Approaching the fine port cities from the water puts them in a far more favourable light than arriving by road or through an airport.
- Floating cranes are used to load and unload non-self-sustaining containerships at ports that do not have gantry cranes.
- From here the view over the city, the old port and the old town, down to the sea are stupendous.
- The yachts sailed from Sydney up the east coast to Townsville, stopping at the ports of Coffs Harbour, Brisbane, Bundaberg and Mackay and returned along the same route.
- There wasn't much food or water outside the main port cities where the Guild happens to have auction houses.
- The ship's diving team took the opportunity to progress continuation training in the pristine 31 degrees Celsius waters around the port.
- Over 33 ships are waiting at Colombian ports to load and unload cargo.
- In port cities and beach towns on the Indian Ocean, people were moving through the dark Monday, moving away from the water.
- Some of the market towns and ports had a local prosperity but none, with the exception of Durham, was given representation in Parliament.
- I like the heritage aspect - that from day one Sydney Harbour was a working port and the city's commercial lifeline to the world.
- These are the two main navigable waterways leading to ports in Iraq.
- In the fourteenth century the limits of agricultural expansion had been reached in East Anglia and there were now a much larger number of market towns and ports competing for trade.
- Cape Town is a working port, but the waterfront area is one of the city's major attractions - evidenced by the profusion of shops, bars and restaurants there.
- In Roman times there was a port and market town a little further north, at Caistor, and a small fort at Burgh Castle; these were later abandoned.
Synonyms seaport, port city/town French entrepôt - 1.1 A harbour.
as modifier Belfast's port facilities Example sentencesExamples - The famous five-star resort used to get its internationally renowned shellfish from local fishermen who brought in fresh supplies daily from local ports such as Girvan.
- The project will focus on six ports including Milford Haven, Pembroke Dock and Fishguard in Pembrokeshire and Rosslare, Waterford and New Ross in South East Ireland.
- Speaking of Umm Qasr, work continues on the upgrade of the port facilities.
- They are now about 120 miles from the key port of San Pedro on the south coast.
- The special facilities, which could be drained to allow repairs on ships' hulls, have been closed and the heavy machinery dismantled and moved to Liverpool's port.
- It was true that sea going craft were not so often seen at York staithes as they once were, but many steamers plied from the Humber to the walls of York, and York was still an open port, though 80 miles from the sea.
- Proposals to construct a 12-mile causeway between the ports of Barrow and Heysham were this week submitted to Lancaster City and Barrow Borough Councils.
- Our call was in the nearby port facility of Puerto Cones, which served as a launching point for excursions to the nearby Mayan ruins.
- Over the past four years, Namibia has invested significantly in upgrading the port at Walvis Bay and to a lesser extent, at Lüderitz.
- A short distance before Banyas, once a Phoenician port, 34 miles south of Latakia, we saw the enormous citadel of Marqab towering atop a mountain.
- The mammoth task will see the girls swim an amazing 21 miles from the port of Folkestone for another British landing on the beaches of Normandy at Cap Gris Nez.
- According to the military report, Blanco was killed on September 13 and his body thrown into the sea on the same day 10 miles from the port of San Antonio.
- The wood is transported from the forests to the port of Ardrishaig by road and then south by sea, sometimes via Campbeltown to pick up timber, to Ayr and onto the buyer.
- Two other rockets were fired from the same warehouse, which is located in the hills on Aqaba's northern edge about five miles from the port.
- Jenny can remember back to the 1930s, a time when Harbourville was a bustling port.
- The bank said the project will focus on road repairs, restoring electricity and expanding the port of the East Timor capital Dili.
- At least 65 of the electricity transmission towers supplying the port of Umm Qasr and the southern oilfields have been destroyed.
- Top priority went to a planned link road between the port of Heysham and the M6 motorway, but that scheme has run into major planning difficulties that have stopped it dead.
- We want to paddle about 120 miles from the sugar port of Caibarién, on the central north coast, westward to a tourist resort called Varadero.
- It took more than four weeks for the container to reach Iquique, a Chilean port about 150 miles south of Arica.
Synonyms harbour, dock, docks, haven, mooring, jetty, pier, marina anchorage, roads archaic hithe rare moorage, harbourage, roadstead
Phrases proverb In adverse circumstances one welcomes any source of relief or escape. Dora's eye fell on him—any port in a storm Example sentencesExamples - Now admittedly, there was a small number of young eligible male teens involved in this world, and only about the same number of young females so I suspect it was any port in a storm in her view.
- I didn't know where all the newfound energy came from, but any port in a storm.
A harbour or airport where customs officers are stationed to oversee people and goods entering or leaving a country. Example sentencesExamples - Ambouli International Airport is the only port of entry to Djibouti and is located within Djibouti City.
- Such a force would bring together the local police with immigration and Customs officers at our airports and ports of entry.
- The interviews are conducted at three levels: at overseas representative offices, at ports of entry such as airports and the seaports involved in the ‘small three links’ and at home after the couple have entered the country.
- The administration has gained expanded powers to investigate and detain people suspected of terrorist links, has reorganized the way the government defends US borders and has increased security at airports and other ports of entry.
- Although the findings are supportive of the work of government agencies some of her observations shed light on the wholly subjective character of the work of immigration officers at different ports of entry into Britain.
- If you're a customs inspector at a port of entry you can send photos of cargos and manifests back to the office where someone can check them against computer records.
- International travellers who are suspected of smuggling drugs or carrying weapons are being offered the body scanner as an alternative to a physical pat-down or frisk when they pass through ports of entry at airports across the country.
- Hilo, the main port, is an official port of entry but it has a number of drawbacks.
- Southern border overflight exemptions, which allow users to bypass the nearest port of entry and proceed to another airport to clear customs, have not been affected.
- Ted Stevens International Airport is the only port of entry to Anchorage and is located about 20 minutes southwest of the base.
Origin Old English, from Latin portus 'haven, harbour', reinforced in Middle English by Old French. Latin portus ‘haven or harbour’ is the source of our word port. Its nautical use to refer to the left side of a ship, the opposite of starboard (OE from ‘steer board’—early ships were steered with a paddle over the right side), dates from the mid 16th century and probably comes from the idea that this was the side of the ship where the loading hatch was fitted and was turned towards the quay when the ship was in port. It replaced an older word larboard, hardly surprising given the potential for confusion between the similar-sounding ‘starboard!’ and ‘larboard!’ when shouted into the teeth of a gale. While the second half of larboard is ‘board’, the origin of the first part is not known. The drink port is a shortened form of Oporto in Portugal, from which the wine was shipped. See also porter
Rhymes abort, apport, assort, athwart, aught, besought, bethought, bort, bought, brought, caught, cavort, comport, consort, contort, Cort, court, distraught, escort, exhort, export, extort, fort, fought, fraught, import, methought, misreport, mort, naught, nought, Oort, ought, outfought, Porte, purport, quart, rort, short, snort, sort, sought, sport, support, swart, taught, taut, thought, thwart, tort, transport, wart, wrought noun pɔːtpɔrt mass nounA strong, sweet dark red (occasionally brown or white) fortified wine, originally from Portugal, typically drunk as a dessert wine. they settled down to a final glass of port count noun tawny ports do not need decanting Example sentencesExamples - You also have to look at alcoholic drinks that are high in sugars like sweet wine, port, liqueurs and beer.
- Further upstream, the river winds its way through the steep hills and terraced vineyards of the Upper Douro port wine region.
- Apart from the seasonal connotations that cinnamon, oranges, Stilton and mulled port wine have, I think Stilton might make an even tangier and more contrasting accompaniment to the sweet jelly.
- On his deathbed he ordered two pigeons, three steaks, a bottle of wine, a glass of champagne, two glasses of port and a glass of brandy.
- For the port sorbet, in a medium bowl, combine the port, water, and the simple syrup and whisk to combine.
- Drain nearly all the fat from the roasting pan; add the port and boil the liquid down until it is 2 to 3 tablespoons.
- The fact is that when we had a big debate on port and sherry wine, those members were not here in the Chamber.
- After dinner, led by a hired piano player, the guests retired for some singing and port wine.
- I also ate the most wonderful soup there - a richly flavoured cream of pumpkin soup with port wine.
- He admits his recollection of that day of liberation 60 years ago is cloudy; one of the clearest memories is leaving the camp and picking up two bottles of port wine found abandoned in a basement.
- Many of the wineries located here offer free port wine tastings and tours.
- Whisky is always kept in oak casks that have already stored another alcoholic beverage: usually bourbon or sherry, occasionally port and Madeira.
- Would I pour my water into my white wine glass, red wine into my port glass or the whole lot over the tablecloth?
- A proper starter should have a bit of a punch to it, which is exactly what the strong bacon and sweet port dressing delivered.
- He's got a mixture of clarets, red and white Burgundies, ports and Australian and South African wines.
- In particular, I want to drive up the Douro valley from Porto to the vineyards where the grapes for port wine are grown, and I want to see more of the estuaries of the Galician coast.
- I wished for some kick in the red-chile steak butter I asked for with my bison filet, as a substitute for the advertised port wine sauce.
- They eat like George IV, a man who regularly breakfasted on three steaks and two pigeons, a bottle of German wine, a glass of champagne, two glasses of port, and a glass of brandy.
- I don't care for sherry, one cannot drink stout and port is a wine I can well do without
- Once you have made it to the next floor there are chairs for reading and tastings of local port wine.
- Among the poorer people, port wine is used for toasting the couple.
Origin Shortened form of Oporto, a major port from which the wine is shipped. noun pɔːtpɔrt The side of a ship or aircraft that is on the left when one is facing forward. the ferry was listing to port The opposite of starboard as modifier the port side of the aircraft Example sentencesExamples - The whales surfaced again about half a mile off the port beam, having dived beneath us, then turned north and headed towards Mazatlan.
- Three machine guns can be mounted on the helicopter: two in the crew door on the starboard side and one window-mounted on the port side.
- One of them noticed an object in the water outboard and to port of the wake, astern of the vessel.
- Look closer and you'll notice the port and starboard navigation lights, and the knot meter lined up next to the speedo and rev counter on the dash.
- The two four-cylinder launchers are installed on the missile deck, set in a crossed configuration with one facing starboard and one facing port side.
- Below deck there is a v-berth forward, port and starboard quarter berths and sitting head room.
- The lumbering shuttle lazily side slipped from port to starboard and back in futile attempts to shake off pursuit.
- I allowed this job to begin without the right number of people, and I allowed a blind spot to develop on the port side of the aircraft.
- Both the port and starboard side of the ship have a liquid cargo and solids replenishment station.
- Aft of the forward stateroom is a second port side stateroom with private entrance and what I would describe as a large single or small double berth.
- Two mounts are located on the port and starboard side at the bow of the craft, and a single mount is centered along the back bulkhead.
- There is a navigation station between the head and the settee and a double quarter berth cabin aft along the port side.
- This was used to correct some minor problems discovered on the starboard side while assembling the port side.
- The bow rested on its starboard side, the port anchor still in place on the steel hull.
- Right at the front of the bow one can look back along both the upper port and lower starboard sides of the hull.
- As the boat was swinging from a port to a starboard tack, one of the ladies stood up and turned directly into the oncoming boom.
- They are installed two on the stern deck and one each on the port and starboard side of the flight deck.
- Pressure and gravity refueling receptacles are installed in the aft port fuel cell.
- There is a seven-foot-long V-berth forward by a port head and starboard hanging locker.
- The system also has three flank arrays on both the port and starboard sides and an intercept sonar.
verb pɔːtpɔrt [with object]Turn (a ship or its helm) to port. the yacht immediately raised all sail and ported her helm Example sentencesExamples - The US Supreme Court has heard a case concerning whether the Americans With Disabilities Act applies to foreign cruise ships porting in US harbors.
- Reaching the dock where my ship was being ported, Steve and I got on board.
- The captain slowed and ported the vessel to pass around the monolith, and everyone took a good look at the horrid idol.
Origin Mid 16th century: probably originally the side containing an entry port or facing the port (quayside) for loading. noun pɔːtpɔrt 1An opening in the side of a ship for boarding or loading. Example sentencesExamples - The dull thuds of boarding shuttles connecting to the liner's docking ports reverberated through the ship.
- Then came the rumbling of the heavy artillery being rolled down the street to the loading ports; the men in the way scattering like flies.
- Once you learn to avoid the numerous ports and hatches, you will find this a very safe and easy deck to move about on, particularly while sailing at normal angles of heel.
- 1.1 A porthole.
the cabin has rectangular ports set just below sheer in each quarter Example sentencesExamples - Aside from the companionway, there is no ventilation, windows or ports so if the companionway were to be closed in inclement weather the cabin would get uncomfortable.
- Deck hardware and fixed cabin ports are bronze and there are teak louvered doors leading to the cabin.
- He stared out the port a long time before he heard her come below.
- 1.2 An opening in the body of an aircraft or in a wall or armoured vehicle through which a gun may be fired; a gun port.
Example sentencesExamples - The second portion was the leading edge of the outboard panels and these were all metal and housed the gun ports.
- The guns were set inside of hills, beneath reinforced concrete bomb shields, and concealed behind immense iron firing ports.
- There are two heavy guns on the outer wall that are just inside the outer mouth of the port.
- The infantry enter and leave the vehicle by two rear doors which are provided with firing ports.
- As a dream, the concept can be dated back at least to Leonardo da Vinci, who doodled a round, wheeled, armoured vehicle with cannon firing out of ports.
- He slipped through the space between the gun port and the cannon, and he was in.
- The gas generated when the cartridge is fired flows through the port and along a channel beneath the barrel.
- There are seven ball-swivel firing ports in the vehicle hull, four on the right and three on the left side of the vehicle, as well as ports in the upper hatches of the firing compartment.
- We were to learn that these were rocket tubes to be mounted under the wings, between the gear leg and the gun ports.
- In a gas gun, the pressure is bled off through a small hole, a gas port, somewhere down the barrel, usually at the end of the magazine.
- Painting was again delayed due to a need to re-do gun port fairings along with some antenna work.
- Their state-of-the-art ships and small boats are equipped to handle grand-scale disasters and to fight fires both in and out of the port.
- She grabbed up a coil of rope on her way up the ladder and looked out over the side of the boat, then tied one end of the rope around the mainmast and dropped it through the gun port.
- An empty gun port provides similar access to the interior of the wreck.
- Crowstep gables and a small gun port in the back wall are a structural reminder of the transition from fortified house to mansion.
- The gun port was twice its normal size, with jagged wooden chards to frame the opening.
- 1.3 An opening for the passage of steam, liquid, or gas.
loss of fuel from the exhaust port Example sentencesExamples - High-pressure CO2 is instantly released through discharge-head ports, creating a force to dislodge the buildup.
- Turbos are closely coupled to the exhaust ports.
- Russ even mounted six small fans into the vessel's primary dorsal exhaust ports.
- The right wing could only operate at fifty percent, and also had several damaged servomotors, and melted exhaust ports.
- Their major breakthrough was relocating the exhaust ports from a peripheral to a lateral position.
- The exhaust ports of the mechanical ventilators were left open to the room.
- In fact, he did not see an exhaust port of any kind - but it might have been on the back of the ship.
- It is possible to install the provided mounting bracket on some smaller exhaust ports, but this could lead to conflicts between the radiator and cabling.
- They don't actually fit through the exhaust port like everyone says they will.
- Exhaust ports are scanned in a similar manner; combustion chambers are scanned from a single fixture position.
- The zone is an air cavity beneath the swim platform where gas generator exhaust ports are located.
- The short exhaust ports can allow bubbles to rise alongside your mask.
- Indeed, meticulous cleaning of the myriad channels, ports, crevices, and valves is critical.
- It had two large exhaust ports located on the center of each wing and a main thruster located in the center of the back.
- The window is kept clean by means of inert gas flow at the window flange, which also carries away the gaseous products through an outlet port at the cavity bottom into a quencher for zinc condensation and separation.
- Converters mount directly to the exhaust port of each cylinder head.
- Sensors in front of the exhaust ports in the dashboard confirmed the effectiveness of the ventilation system.
- Steam and smoke emanated from the different ports and hoses that came loose, filling the small area around it with a somewhat vague but visible mist.
- However, it differs in revised crankshaft and pistons, an increased cylinder capacity and larger intake and exhaust ports.
- The regulator was having difficulty preventing globs of water entering through the exhaust ports.
Synonyms aperture, opening, outlet, inlet, socket, vent, passage, porthole, trap, embrasure, door, gate
2Electronics
A socket in a computer network into which a device can be plugged. a communications port for optional cellular and other wireless modules Example sentencesExamples - Each repeater examines its local network ports to computer stations such as PC's to determine if any are inputting data to the repeater.
- The network is maintained using infrared, X10 protocol and even USB communication ports, he says.
- The data transfer network comprises a plurality of communication ports and a plurality of modules.
- In some embodiments, communication ports are provided between the units.
- They understand surveillance cameras and exposed doors, but they don't understand open ports or rogue devices being hooked up to networks.
3Scottish A gate or gateway, especially into a walled city.
Origin Old English (in the sense 'gateway'), from Latin porta 'gate'; reinforced in Middle English by Old French porte. The later sense 'opening in the side of a ship' led to the general sense 'aperture'. verb pɔːtpɔrt 1Computing
with object and adverbial of direction Transfer (software) from one system or machine to another. the software can be ported to practically any platform Example sentencesExamples - This setup replicates the interface to an external receiver and reduces the time necessary to port the software.
- If you start porting your software you have to get into all sorts of deals and all sorts of concessions and ultimately you end up with a preferred platform anyway.
- Open source software that can be ported to a variety of systems might be able to engender those more general supercomputing ecosystems.
- I went to art school, got into programming during the dot com bubble, moved into games development, hopped over to pre-press programming and I now work as a programmer porting software.
- It provides a way of writing device-independent graphical and windowing software that can be ported easily from one machine to another.
- Likewise, porting software from one architecture to another is complex, rare, and costly, Weber added.
2with object and adverbial of direction Carry or convey. we ported the milk cans from the plentiful water supply of the gym Example sentencesExamples - Driving taxis and buses, porting baggage at the airport, and working in shops are among the types of employment that the Hageners pursue.
- 2.1Military with object, often in imperative Carry (a rifle or other weapon) diagonally across and close to the body with the barrel or blade near the left shoulder.
Detail! For inspection—port arms!
noun pɔːtpɔrt 1Military
The position required by an order to port a weapon. Parker had his rifle at the port 2literary A person's carriage or bearing. she has the proud port of a princess 3Computing
A transfer of software from one system or machine to another. the first port of a commercial database to this operating system Example sentencesExamples - It was even beginning to attract ports of commercial applications software.
- Without actually sitting down and benchmarking it, it feels identical to the laptop's ports in terms of transfer speed.
- The rest of the guys were the established players and didn't ask their customers to suffer huge software ports.
- Virtual hosts allow you to run servers for different IP addresses, different host names, or different ports from the same machine.
- Firewall software watches these ports to make sure that only safe communication is happening between your computer and other computers online.
Phrases In the position adopted when given a command to port one's weapon. the men lined up in full fig, with shields up, helmet masks down, and batons at port arms Example sentencesExamples - The naval soldier moved to stand next to the weapons console, rifle held at port arms.
- Charlie slowly walked down the hill, the carbine held at port arms.
- Their faces were concealed by tinted face shields attached to their helmets, and they carried what looked like quarter staffs at port arms.
- For example, a soldier standing at port arms will normally have a center of gravity in the middle of the pelvis, roughly behind the navel.
- The column of twelve soldiers marched through in single file with their rifles at port arms.
Origin Middle English (in (sense 2 of the noun)): from Old French port 'bearing, gait', from the verb porter, from Latin portare 'carry'. The verb (from French porter) dates from the mid 16th century. noun pɔːtpɔrt Australian informal A suitcase or travelling bag. she packed her ports and walked out Example sentencesExamples - And that afternoon my ports were packed, and I hooked on the boat, and our daughter arrived, and away we went.
- Not only had she succeeded in finding me a sensible port, she had got it for a bargain price, in her home town, and in the presence of our grandmother, The Queen of Shoppers.
- And mum cut all those lunches and packed them in your port.
Origin Early 20th century: abbreviation of portmanteau. nounpɔrtpôrt 1A town or city with a harbor where ships load or unload, especially one where customs officers are stationed. Example sentencesExamples - Cape Town is a working port, but the waterfront area is one of the city's major attractions - evidenced by the profusion of shops, bars and restaurants there.
- Beginning on July 1, 1999, ships entering American ports from foreign waters will have to report whether they have exchanged ballast offshore.
- It was centred on Garden Island Sydney but involved ports and civilian harbour controllers around Australia.
- British agents developed a one-man midget submarine specifically to target enemy shipping anchored in ports or inshore waters.
- Floating cranes are used to load and unload non-self-sustaining containerships at ports that do not have gantry cranes.
- A watchful eye is constantly kept by the patrol on the waters outside the base port.
- Voting patterns suggest that market towns, such as ports and cities located on rivers, favored penitentiaries.
- Approaching the fine port cities from the water puts them in a far more favourable light than arriving by road or through an airport.
- The yachts sailed from Sydney up the east coast to Townsville, stopping at the ports of Coffs Harbour, Brisbane, Bundaberg and Mackay and returned along the same route.
- Some of the market towns and ports had a local prosperity but none, with the exception of Durham, was given representation in Parliament.
- I like the heritage aspect - that from day one Sydney Harbour was a working port and the city's commercial lifeline to the world.
- Over 33 ships are waiting at Colombian ports to load and unload cargo.
- In Roman times there was a port and market town a little further north, at Caistor, and a small fort at Burgh Castle; these were later abandoned.
- Once the pair found a suitable location, they used the ice as a berth - there are not too many major ports or harbours in this inhospitable part of the world.
- In the fourteenth century the limits of agricultural expansion had been reached in East Anglia and there were now a much larger number of market towns and ports competing for trade.
- The ship's diving team took the opportunity to progress continuation training in the pristine 31 degrees Celsius waters around the port.
- In port cities and beach towns on the Indian Ocean, people were moving through the dark Monday, moving away from the water.
- From here the view over the city, the old port and the old town, down to the sea are stupendous.
- These are the two main navigable waterways leading to ports in Iraq.
- There wasn't much food or water outside the main port cities where the Guild happens to have auction houses.
Synonyms seaport, port city, port town - 1.1 A harbor.
the port has miles of docks as modifier an abundant water supply and port facilities Example sentencesExamples - The bank said the project will focus on road repairs, restoring electricity and expanding the port of the East Timor capital Dili.
- Over the past four years, Namibia has invested significantly in upgrading the port at Walvis Bay and to a lesser extent, at Lüderitz.
- Proposals to construct a 12-mile causeway between the ports of Barrow and Heysham were this week submitted to Lancaster City and Barrow Borough Councils.
- The mammoth task will see the girls swim an amazing 21 miles from the port of Folkestone for another British landing on the beaches of Normandy at Cap Gris Nez.
- We want to paddle about 120 miles from the sugar port of Caibarién, on the central north coast, westward to a tourist resort called Varadero.
- The special facilities, which could be drained to allow repairs on ships' hulls, have been closed and the heavy machinery dismantled and moved to Liverpool's port.
- They are now about 120 miles from the key port of San Pedro on the south coast.
- Our call was in the nearby port facility of Puerto Cones, which served as a launching point for excursions to the nearby Mayan ruins.
- The wood is transported from the forests to the port of Ardrishaig by road and then south by sea, sometimes via Campbeltown to pick up timber, to Ayr and onto the buyer.
- Two other rockets were fired from the same warehouse, which is located in the hills on Aqaba's northern edge about five miles from the port.
- Jenny can remember back to the 1930s, a time when Harbourville was a bustling port.
- It was true that sea going craft were not so often seen at York staithes as they once were, but many steamers plied from the Humber to the walls of York, and York was still an open port, though 80 miles from the sea.
- According to the military report, Blanco was killed on September 13 and his body thrown into the sea on the same day 10 miles from the port of San Antonio.
- The famous five-star resort used to get its internationally renowned shellfish from local fishermen who brought in fresh supplies daily from local ports such as Girvan.
- A short distance before Banyas, once a Phoenician port, 34 miles south of Latakia, we saw the enormous citadel of Marqab towering atop a mountain.
- Top priority went to a planned link road between the port of Heysham and the M6 motorway, but that scheme has run into major planning difficulties that have stopped it dead.
- At least 65 of the electricity transmission towers supplying the port of Umm Qasr and the southern oilfields have been destroyed.
- It took more than four weeks for the container to reach Iquique, a Chilean port about 150 miles south of Arica.
- Speaking of Umm Qasr, work continues on the upgrade of the port facilities.
- The project will focus on six ports including Milford Haven, Pembroke Dock and Fishguard in Pembrokeshire and Rosslare, Waterford and New Ross in South East Ireland.
Synonyms harbour, dock, docks, haven, mooring, jetty, pier, marina - 1.2also inland port An inland town or city whose connection to the coast by a river or other body of water enables it to act as a port.
Example sentencesExamples - THE WA Department of Planning and Infrastructure will investigate the concept of an inland port and conveyor belt transport system.
- These networks were based on the ports and market towns of the region.
- In 1929, when its massive art deco Central Station was built, Buffalo was the country's largest inland port, a hive of industry and enterprise-America's ‘City of Lights’ powered by nearby Niagara Falls.
- Bolton's development as an inland port began in earnest when the Ministry of Food started its ‘buffer’ depots, to which food could be transported from the dangerous areas of the docks, and kept in comparable safety.
- Duisburg was once the biggest inland port in Europe.
- It shows Kingston's riverside in the 1350s, and looking at it wafts me back to the time when Kingston was a thriving inland port with a substantial boat-building industry.
- A barge transportation system has made Lewiston, Idaho - 450 miles from the Pacific Ocean - into a major inland port.
- The biggest shock of all was that the photos had been taken less than 50 years ago in Pittsburgh, which at that time was both the largest inland port in America and the biggest producer of iron, steel and coal.
- The town re-emerged in later Saxon times when, politically, it was part of the Danelaw, and by the late C10 was a flourishing inland port and town.
- Mr Morrison's dilemma is that there is virtually no space to expand, so the director of our largest inland port finds himself juggling vessels and cargoes, while at the same time adding significantly to the country's trade imbalance.
- The SPC report claims the development of the inland port is ‘consistent with the Government's environmental objectives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions as stated in the ‘Action for Air’ policy document’.
- Our two air bases, our munitions depot and inland port made us a top priority for a foe intent on crippling the country's capacities.
- The development site would have taken in approximately 13 acres of lands in close proximity to the council's 250-acre inland port site.
- ‘It will copper fasten Portlaoise's position as a key transport node or inland port,’ said Mr Riordan.
- This interchange will deliver the National Spatial Strategy which positions Laois and Portlaoise as a transport node and inland port.
- From there the town had access to the ports on Erie, Ontario, and through those, the waterways throughout the kingdom.
- The city, on the Vistula River, was an important inland port in the Hanseatic League.
- Goole is the most inland port on the Humber, visited by ocean going vessels and providing a sea, rail, road and canal interchange for several million tonnes of freight a year.
- Every year some of the 300 tonnes of cargo brought into Montreal's 12-mile inland port gets into the hands of criminal gangs.
- Situated at the lowest point bridgeable on the Severn, it was long an important inland port.
Phrases proverb In adverse circumstances one welcomes any source of relief or escape. Example sentencesExamples - I didn't know where all the newfound energy came from, but any port in a storm.
- Now admittedly, there was a small number of young eligible male teens involved in this world, and only about the same number of young females so I suspect it was any port in a storm in her view.
A harbor, border town, or airport by which people and goods may enter a country. Example sentencesExamples - Southern border overflight exemptions, which allow users to bypass the nearest port of entry and proceed to another airport to clear customs, have not been affected.
- Such a force would bring together the local police with immigration and Customs officers at our airports and ports of entry.
- Although the findings are supportive of the work of government agencies some of her observations shed light on the wholly subjective character of the work of immigration officers at different ports of entry into Britain.
- The administration has gained expanded powers to investigate and detain people suspected of terrorist links, has reorganized the way the government defends US borders and has increased security at airports and other ports of entry.
- Ambouli International Airport is the only port of entry to Djibouti and is located within Djibouti City.
- Ted Stevens International Airport is the only port of entry to Anchorage and is located about 20 minutes southwest of the base.
- International travellers who are suspected of smuggling drugs or carrying weapons are being offered the body scanner as an alternative to a physical pat-down or frisk when they pass through ports of entry at airports across the country.
- If you're a customs inspector at a port of entry you can send photos of cargos and manifests back to the office where someone can check them against computer records.
- The interviews are conducted at three levels: at overseas representative offices, at ports of entry such as airports and the seaports involved in the ‘small three links’ and at home after the couple have entered the country.
- Hilo, the main port, is an official port of entry but it has a number of drawbacks.
Origin Old English, from Latin portus ‘haven, harbor’, reinforced in Middle English by Old French. nounpɔrtpôrt A strong, sweet, typically dark red fortified wine, originally from Portugal, typically drunk as a dessert wine. they settled down to a final glass of port count noun tawny ports do not need decanting Example sentencesExamples - After dinner, led by a hired piano player, the guests retired for some singing and port wine.
- Once you have made it to the next floor there are chairs for reading and tastings of local port wine.
- Among the poorer people, port wine is used for toasting the couple.
- Further upstream, the river winds its way through the steep hills and terraced vineyards of the Upper Douro port wine region.
- Many of the wineries located here offer free port wine tastings and tours.
- I also ate the most wonderful soup there - a richly flavoured cream of pumpkin soup with port wine.
- Apart from the seasonal connotations that cinnamon, oranges, Stilton and mulled port wine have, I think Stilton might make an even tangier and more contrasting accompaniment to the sweet jelly.
- I don't care for sherry, one cannot drink stout and port is a wine I can well do without
- He's got a mixture of clarets, red and white Burgundies, ports and Australian and South African wines.
- In particular, I want to drive up the Douro valley from Porto to the vineyards where the grapes for port wine are grown, and I want to see more of the estuaries of the Galician coast.
- They eat like George IV, a man who regularly breakfasted on three steaks and two pigeons, a bottle of German wine, a glass of champagne, two glasses of port, and a glass of brandy.
- The fact is that when we had a big debate on port and sherry wine, those members were not here in the Chamber.
- Whisky is always kept in oak casks that have already stored another alcoholic beverage: usually bourbon or sherry, occasionally port and Madeira.
- For the port sorbet, in a medium bowl, combine the port, water, and the simple syrup and whisk to combine.
- He admits his recollection of that day of liberation 60 years ago is cloudy; one of the clearest memories is leaving the camp and picking up two bottles of port wine found abandoned in a basement.
- On his deathbed he ordered two pigeons, three steaks, a bottle of wine, a glass of champagne, two glasses of port and a glass of brandy.
- Drain nearly all the fat from the roasting pan; add the port and boil the liquid down until it is 2 to 3 tablespoons.
- You also have to look at alcoholic drinks that are high in sugars like sweet wine, port, liqueurs and beer.
- I wished for some kick in the red-chile steak butter I asked for with my bison filet, as a substitute for the advertised port wine sauce.
- Would I pour my water into my white wine glass, red wine into my port glass or the whole lot over the tablecloth?
- A proper starter should have a bit of a punch to it, which is exactly what the strong bacon and sweet port dressing delivered.
Origin Early 17th century: shortened form of Porto, a major port from which the wine is shipped. nounpɔrtpôrt The side of a ship or aircraft that is on the left when one is facing forward. the ferry was listing to port The opposite of starboard as modifier the port side of the aircraft Example sentencesExamples - I allowed this job to begin without the right number of people, and I allowed a blind spot to develop on the port side of the aircraft.
- Three machine guns can be mounted on the helicopter: two in the crew door on the starboard side and one window-mounted on the port side.
- Look closer and you'll notice the port and starboard navigation lights, and the knot meter lined up next to the speedo and rev counter on the dash.
- One of them noticed an object in the water outboard and to port of the wake, astern of the vessel.
- There is a seven-foot-long V-berth forward by a port head and starboard hanging locker.
- Below deck there is a v-berth forward, port and starboard quarter berths and sitting head room.
- They are installed two on the stern deck and one each on the port and starboard side of the flight deck.
- Two mounts are located on the port and starboard side at the bow of the craft, and a single mount is centered along the back bulkhead.
- Both the port and starboard side of the ship have a liquid cargo and solids replenishment station.
- Right at the front of the bow one can look back along both the upper port and lower starboard sides of the hull.
- The whales surfaced again about half a mile off the port beam, having dived beneath us, then turned north and headed towards Mazatlan.
- The system also has three flank arrays on both the port and starboard sides and an intercept sonar.
- The bow rested on its starboard side, the port anchor still in place on the steel hull.
- Aft of the forward stateroom is a second port side stateroom with private entrance and what I would describe as a large single or small double berth.
- Pressure and gravity refueling receptacles are installed in the aft port fuel cell.
- The lumbering shuttle lazily side slipped from port to starboard and back in futile attempts to shake off pursuit.
- This was used to correct some minor problems discovered on the starboard side while assembling the port side.
- There is a navigation station between the head and the settee and a double quarter berth cabin aft along the port side.
- As the boat was swinging from a port to a starboard tack, one of the ladies stood up and turned directly into the oncoming boom.
- The two four-cylinder launchers are installed on the missile deck, set in a crossed configuration with one facing starboard and one facing port side.
verbpɔrtpôrt [with object]Turn (a ship or its helm) to port. Example sentencesExamples - The US Supreme Court has heard a case concerning whether the Americans With Disabilities Act applies to foreign cruise ships porting in US harbors.
- The captain slowed and ported the vessel to pass around the monolith, and everyone took a good look at the horrid idol.
- Reaching the dock where my ship was being ported, Steve and I got on board.
Origin Mid 16th century: probably originally the side containing an entry port or facing the port (quayside) for loading. nounpɔrtpôrt 1An opening in the side of a ship for boarding or loading. Example sentencesExamples - The dull thuds of boarding shuttles connecting to the liner's docking ports reverberated through the ship.
- Once you learn to avoid the numerous ports and hatches, you will find this a very safe and easy deck to move about on, particularly while sailing at normal angles of heel.
- Then came the rumbling of the heavy artillery being rolled down the street to the loading ports; the men in the way scattering like flies.
- 1.1 A porthole.
Example sentencesExamples - He stared out the port a long time before he heard her come below.
- Deck hardware and fixed cabin ports are bronze and there are teak louvered doors leading to the cabin.
- Aside from the companionway, there is no ventilation, windows or ports so if the companionway were to be closed in inclement weather the cabin would get uncomfortable.
- 1.2 An opening in the body of an aircraft or in a wall or armored vehicle through which a gun may be fired; a gun port.
Example sentencesExamples - We were to learn that these were rocket tubes to be mounted under the wings, between the gear leg and the gun ports.
- She grabbed up a coil of rope on her way up the ladder and looked out over the side of the boat, then tied one end of the rope around the mainmast and dropped it through the gun port.
- The infantry enter and leave the vehicle by two rear doors which are provided with firing ports.
- There are seven ball-swivel firing ports in the vehicle hull, four on the right and three on the left side of the vehicle, as well as ports in the upper hatches of the firing compartment.
- Crowstep gables and a small gun port in the back wall are a structural reminder of the transition from fortified house to mansion.
- The guns were set inside of hills, beneath reinforced concrete bomb shields, and concealed behind immense iron firing ports.
- In a gas gun, the pressure is bled off through a small hole, a gas port, somewhere down the barrel, usually at the end of the magazine.
- An empty gun port provides similar access to the interior of the wreck.
- The gas generated when the cartridge is fired flows through the port and along a channel beneath the barrel.
- Painting was again delayed due to a need to re-do gun port fairings along with some antenna work.
- The gun port was twice its normal size, with jagged wooden chards to frame the opening.
- The second portion was the leading edge of the outboard panels and these were all metal and housed the gun ports.
- He slipped through the space between the gun port and the cannon, and he was in.
- Their state-of-the-art ships and small boats are equipped to handle grand-scale disasters and to fight fires both in and out of the port.
- As a dream, the concept can be dated back at least to Leonardo da Vinci, who doodled a round, wheeled, armoured vehicle with cannon firing out of ports.
- There are two heavy guns on the outer wall that are just inside the outer mouth of the port.
- 1.3 An opening for the passage of steam, liquid, or gas.
loss of fuel from the exhaust port Example sentencesExamples - It is possible to install the provided mounting bracket on some smaller exhaust ports, but this could lead to conflicts between the radiator and cabling.
- High-pressure CO2 is instantly released through discharge-head ports, creating a force to dislodge the buildup.
- The short exhaust ports can allow bubbles to rise alongside your mask.
- Their major breakthrough was relocating the exhaust ports from a peripheral to a lateral position.
- They don't actually fit through the exhaust port like everyone says they will.
- In fact, he did not see an exhaust port of any kind - but it might have been on the back of the ship.
- Indeed, meticulous cleaning of the myriad channels, ports, crevices, and valves is critical.
- It had two large exhaust ports located on the center of each wing and a main thruster located in the center of the back.
- Turbos are closely coupled to the exhaust ports.
- The regulator was having difficulty preventing globs of water entering through the exhaust ports.
- Russ even mounted six small fans into the vessel's primary dorsal exhaust ports.
- Sensors in front of the exhaust ports in the dashboard confirmed the effectiveness of the ventilation system.
- The right wing could only operate at fifty percent, and also had several damaged servomotors, and melted exhaust ports.
- Steam and smoke emanated from the different ports and hoses that came loose, filling the small area around it with a somewhat vague but visible mist.
- The exhaust ports of the mechanical ventilators were left open to the room.
- However, it differs in revised crankshaft and pistons, an increased cylinder capacity and larger intake and exhaust ports.
- Converters mount directly to the exhaust port of each cylinder head.
- Exhaust ports are scanned in a similar manner; combustion chambers are scanned from a single fixture position.
- The zone is an air cavity beneath the swim platform where gas generator exhaust ports are located.
- The window is kept clean by means of inert gas flow at the window flange, which also carries away the gaseous products through an outlet port at the cavity bottom into a quencher for zinc condensation and separation.
Synonyms aperture, opening, outlet, inlet, socket, vent, passage, porthole, trap, embrasure, door, gate
2Electronics
A socket in a computer network into which a device can be plugged. Example sentencesExamples - The network is maintained using infrared, X10 protocol and even USB communication ports, he says.
- Each repeater examines its local network ports to computer stations such as PC's to determine if any are inputting data to the repeater.
- In some embodiments, communication ports are provided between the units.
- They understand surveillance cameras and exposed doors, but they don't understand open ports or rogue devices being hooked up to networks.
- The data transfer network comprises a plurality of communication ports and a plurality of modules.
3Scottish A gate or gateway, especially into a walled city.
Origin Old English (in the sense ‘gateway’), from Latin porta ‘gate’; reinforced in Middle English by Old French porte. The later sense ‘opening in the side of a ship’ led to the general sense ‘aperture’. verbpôrtpɔrt 1Computing
with object Transfer (software) from one system or machine to another. the software can be ported to an IBM RS/6000 Example sentencesExamples - I went to art school, got into programming during the dot com bubble, moved into games development, hopped over to pre-press programming and I now work as a programmer porting software.
- It provides a way of writing device-independent graphical and windowing software that can be ported easily from one machine to another.
- If you start porting your software you have to get into all sorts of deals and all sorts of concessions and ultimately you end up with a preferred platform anyway.
- This setup replicates the interface to an external receiver and reduces the time necessary to port the software.
- Likewise, porting software from one architecture to another is complex, rare, and costly, Weber added.
- Open source software that can be ported to a variety of systems might be able to engender those more general supercomputing ecosystems.
2Military
with object, often in imperative Carry (a rifle or other weapon) diagonally across and close to the body with the barrel or blade near the left shoulder. Detail! For inspection—port arms!
nounpôrtpɔrt 1Military
The position required by an order to port a rifle or other weapon. Parker had his rifle at the port 2literary A person's carriage or bearing. she has the proud port of a princess 3Computing
A transfer of software from one system or machine to another. Example sentencesExamples - The rest of the guys were the established players and didn't ask their customers to suffer huge software ports.
- It was even beginning to attract ports of commercial applications software.
- Virtual hosts allow you to run servers for different IP addresses, different host names, or different ports from the same machine.
- Without actually sitting down and benchmarking it, it feels identical to the laptop's ports in terms of transfer speed.
- Firewall software watches these ports to make sure that only safe communication is happening between your computer and other computers online.
Phrases In the position adopted when given a command to port one's weapon. Example sentencesExamples - Charlie slowly walked down the hill, the carbine held at port arms.
- The naval soldier moved to stand next to the weapons console, rifle held at port arms.
- For example, a soldier standing at port arms will normally have a center of gravity in the middle of the pelvis, roughly behind the navel.
- Their faces were concealed by tinted face shields attached to their helmets, and they carried what looked like quarter staffs at port arms.
- The column of twelve soldiers marched through in single file with their rifles at port arms.
Origin Middle English (in port (sense 2 of the noun)): from Old French port ‘bearing, gait’, from the verb porter, from Latin portare ‘carry’. The verb (from French porter) dates from the mid 16th century. nounpɔrtpôrt Australian informal A suitcase or traveling bag. she packed her ports and walked out Example sentencesExamples - Not only had she succeeded in finding me a sensible port, she had got it for a bargain price, in her home town, and in the presence of our grandmother, The Queen of Shoppers.
- And mum cut all those lunches and packed them in your port.
- And that afternoon my ports were packed, and I hooked on the boat, and our daughter arrived, and away we went.
Origin Early 20th century: abbreviation of portmanteau. |