port
noun
us
/pɔːrt/ uk
/pɔːt/port noun (TOWN)
- The pipeline was constructed to transport oil across Alaska to ports on the coast.
- During the 18th and 19th centuries the village was a bustling river port.
- This is one of the furthermost ports of northern Europe.
- The Estonian port of Tallinn was blockaded for a time by Soviet warships.
- At the port she managed to get a passage on an outward-bound ship.
port noun (CONNECTION)
port noun (LEFT)
- abaft
- airlock
- bilge water
- boathook
- boiler room
- bowline
- cleat
- keel
- periscope
- propeller
- prow
- rigging
- spar
- sprit
- stabilizer
- steerage
- stem
- strop
- sun deck
- superstructure
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