port¹ /pōrt or pört/

1. A harbour
2. A town with a harbour

port admiral noun

The admiral commanding at a naval port

port charges plural noun

Harbour dues

port of call noun

A port where vessels can call for stores or repairs

port of entry noun

A port where merchandise is allowed by law entry to and exit from a country

port² /pōrt or pört/ (nautical)

The larboard or left side of a ship

Left

To turn left

port the helm

1. In former helm orders, to turn the tiller to port, or the upper part of the wheel to starboard, and so the rudder, and the ship, to starboard
2. Since 1933 port means turn the ship to port

port³ /pōrt or pört/

1. An opening in the side of a ship
2. A porthole or its cover
3. Any socket on a computer by which data can pass to and from peripheral units (computing)
4. Part of a horse's bit curved for the tongue
5. A passageway for a ball or curling-stone
6. A gate or gateway (obsolete)
7. A town gate, or its former position (now chiefly Scot)
8. An outlet or inlet for a fluid

portˈage noun (Shakespeare)

An opening

port⁴ /pōrt or pört/

(also port wine) a fortified wine (dark-red or tawny, sometimes white) of the Douro valley, shipped from Oporto, Portugal

portˈy adjective

Of the nature, taste or colour of port

port-wine stain or port-wine mark noun

A deep-red, slightly raised (often extensive) birthmark

port-wiˈny noun

Porty

port⁵ /pōrt or pört/

1. To carry or convey (obsolete)
2. To hold in a slanting direction upward across the body (military)
3. To adapt (a program, etc) for another computer system

1. Bearing
2. Demeanour
3. Carriage of the body, deportment
4. Imposing bearing
5. Style of living
6. A retinue (obsolete)
7. The position of a ported weapon

portabilˈity noun

1. The quality of being portable
2. The ability of a program to be used on another computer system

portˈable adjective

1. Easily or conveniently carried or moved about
2. Endurable (Shakespeare)
3. (of a computer program) easily adapted for use on a wide range of computers

A portable article

portˈage noun

1. An act of carrying
2. Carriage
3. The price of carriage
4. A space, track, or journey, over which goods and boats have to be carried or dragged overland
5. A sailor's private venture in a voyage (Shakespeare)

To transport goods, boats, etc overland between waterways

portˈance noun (Spenser; Shakespeare)

Carriage, bearing

portˈate adjective (heraldry)

In a position as if being carried

portˈatile adjective

Portable

portˈative adjective

Easily carried

A portable organ (often pair of portatives)

port-crayˈon or porte-crayˈon noun

(Fr porte-crayon) a handle for holding a crayon

porte-bonheur /portˈbon-œrˈ/ noun (French)

A charm carried for luck

porteˈ-monnaieˈ /-mon-eˈ/ noun (French)

A purse or pocketbook

portˈ-fire noun

A slow-match or match-cord

port⁶ /pōrt or pört/ (historical)

1. A town with market privileges
2. A borough

portˈman noun (historical)

A burgess, esp one chosen to administer town affairs

portˈreeve noun (OE portgerēfa; historical)

A mayor or principal magistrate

port⁷ /pōrt or pört/

1. An instrumental tune
2. A bagpipe composition

port a beul /bēˈəl/ noun

Mouth music

port⁸ /pōrt or pört/ (Aust informal)

A bag, a suitcase

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