Port

Noun

 * 1) A place on the coast at which ships can shelter, or dock to load and unload cargo or passengers.
 * 2) A town or city containing such a place.
 * 3)  The left-hand side of a vessel, including aircraft, when one is facing the front. Port does not change based on the orientation of the person aboard the craft.

Synonyms

 * harbour, haven
 * harbour city, harbour town
 * larboard, left

Antonyms

 * starboard

Derived terms

 * airport, seaport, spaceport
 * port authority, port of call, first port of call
 * Newport
 * outport

Adjective

 * 1)  Of or relating to port, the left-hand side of a vessel.
 * on the port side

Synonyms

 * larboard, left

Antonyms

 * starboard

Noun

 * 1)  An entryway or gate.
 * 2) * 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book X:
 * And whan he cam to the porte of the pavelon, Sir Palomydes seyde an hyghe, ‘Where art thou, Sir Trystram de Lyones?’
 * Him I accuse/The city ports by this hath enter'd — Shakespeare, Coriolanus (1623), V.vi.
 * And from their ivory port the Cherubim,/Forth issuing at the accustomed hour, — Milton, Paradise Lost (1667), book IV
 * 1) An opening or doorway in the side of a ship, especially for boarding or loading; an embrasure through which a cannon may be discharged; a porthole.
 * ...her ports being within sixteen inches of the water... — Sir W. Raleigh
 * 1)  A space between two stones wide enough for a delivered stone or bowl to pass through.
 * 2) An opening where a connection (such as a pipe) is made.
 * 3)  A logical or physical construct in and from which data are transferred.
 * 4)  A female connector of an electronic device, into which a cable's male connector can be inserted.

Derived terms

 * porthole
 * chase port
 * sally port
 * port forwarding, accelerated graphics port, serial port, USB port

Verb

 * 1)  To carry, bear, or transport. See porter:.
 * They are easily ported by boat into other shires. — Fuller, The History of the Worthies of England
 * 1)  To hold or carry (a weapon) with both hands so that it lays diagonally across the front of the body, with the barrel or similar part near the left shoulder and the right hand grasping the small of the stock; or, to throw (the weapon) into this position on command.
 * Port arms!
 * ...the angelic squadron...began to hem him round with ported spears. — Milton, Paradise Lost (1667), book IV
 * 1)  To adapt, modify, or create a new version of, a program so that it works on a different platform; to adapt a console video game title to be sold and played on another brand of console.
 * 2)  To carry or transfer an existing telephone number from one telephone service provider to another.Ferrarama 21:06, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

Derived terms

 * porter
 * portage
 * port-o-john, port-o-potty
 * portly

Noun

 * 1) Something used to carry a thing, especially a frame for wicks in candle-making.
 * 2)  The manner in which a person carries himself; bearing; deportment; carriage. See also portance:.
 * 3) * late 14th c., Chaucer, Canterbury Tales, line 69:
 * And of his port as meeke as is a mayde.
 * 1) * 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.iii:
 * Those same with stately grace, and princely port / She taught to tread, when she her selfe would grace [...].
 * 1)  The position of a weapon when ported; a rifle position executed by throwing the weapon diagonally across the front of the body, with the right hand grasping the small of the stock and the barrel sloping upward and crossing the point of the left shoulder.
 * 2)  A program that has been adapted, modified, or recoded so that it works on a different platform from the one for which it was created; the act of this adapting.
 * Gamers can't wait until a port of the title is released on the new system.
 * The latest port of the database software is the worst since we made the changeover.
 * 1)  (FreeBSD) A set of files used to build and install a binary executable file from the source code of an application.

Derived terms

 * at the high port

Noun

 * 1) A type of very sweet fortified wine, mostly dark red, traditionally made in Portugal.

Synonyms

 * porto, port wine

Noun

 * 1)  A schoolbag or suitcase.

Adjectives for Port
alluring;  tropical;   princely;   delectable; centuried; heavenly; intervening; broad-brimmed; broad-armed; tranquil; convenient; favorite; neighboring; unfrequented; swaggering; blockaded; difficult; hostile; much-used.

Thesaurus
Gospel side, action, actions, activity, acts, address, aerodrome, affectation, air, air base, airdrome, airfield, airport, anchorage, anchorage ground, aport, asylum, avenue, basin, bay, bay window, bearing, behavior, behavior pattern, behavioral norm, behavioral science, berth, bird sanctuary, blowhole, bourn, bow window, breakwater, brow, bulkhead, cantorial side, carriage, casement, casement window, cast, cast of countenance, channel, chuck, chute, color, complexion, comportment, conduct, countenance, counterclockwise, cover, covert, culture pattern, custom, debouch, demeanor, deportment, destination, dock, dockage, dockyard, doing, doings, door, dry dock, egress, embankment, emunctory, escape, estuary, exhaust, exit, face, facial appearance, fan window, fanlight, favor, feature, features, field, floodgate, flume, folkway, forest preserve, game preserve, game sanctuary, garb, gestures, goal, goings-on, grille, groin, guise, harbor, harbor of refuge, harborage, haven, heliport, island, jetty, jutty, lancet window, landing, landing field, landing place, landing stage, lantern, larboard, last stop, lattice, left, left hand, left wing, left-hand, left-hand side, left-wing, left-winger, left-wingish, leftward, leftwardly, leftwards, levorotatory, liberal, light, lineaments, lines, looks, loophole, louver window, maintien, manner, manners, marina, method, methodology, methods, mien, modus vivendi, mole, mooring, moorings, motions, movements, moves, near, near side, nigh, observable behavior, on the left, opening, oriel, out, outcome, outfall, outgate, outgo, outlet, pane, pattern, physiognomy, picture window, pier, poise, pore, port tack, porthole, portside, pose, posture, practice, praxis, presence, preserve, procedure, proceeding, protected anchorage, quay, radical, refuge, retreat, riding, road, roads, roadstead, rose window, safe haven, safehold, sally port, sanctuary, seaport, seawall, set, shipyard, sinister, sinistrad, sinistral, sinistrally, sinistrocerebral, sinistrocular, sinistrogyrate, sinistrorse, skylight, slip, sluice, snug harbor, social science, spiracle, spout, stance, stop, stopping place, stronghold, style, tactics, tap, terminal, terminal point, terminus, to the left, tone, traits, transom, turn, vent, ventage, venthole, verso, visage, vomitory, way, way of life, way out, ways, weir, wharf, wicket, window, window bay, window glass, windowpane, wrong side

Etymology 1
port:, from portus:.

Etymology 2
From porta:, reinforced in  from  porte:.

Etymology 3
From porter: <  portare:. Akin to transport:, portable:.

Etymology 4
Named from Oporto, a city in Portugal from whence the wines were originally shipped.

Etymology 5
Abbreviation of portmanteau.

Noun

 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 港口,  ,  港埠
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: höfn
 * Ido: portuo
 * Indonesian:


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 港　(みなと, minato)
 * Korean: 항구 (港口, hanggu)
 * Latvian: osta
 * Lithuanian: uostas
 * Malayalam: തുറമുഖം (thuRamukham)
 * Persian:
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 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: port, cala, acarsaid
 * Serbian: лука
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: ఓడరేవు (ODaraevu)


 * Armenian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 港市
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: satamakaupunki, satama
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: hafnarborg


 * Ido: portuo
 * Italian: città portuale
 * Latvian: ostas pilsēta
 * Lithuanian: uostamiestis
 * Polish: miasto portowe
 * Romanian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: port
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:


 * : awa
 * : portus (1)


 * : bandar (2)
 * : taunga tima, herenga, aka, poi, ama, mauī, pōta

Adjective

 * Dutch: bakboord-
 * Finnish:
 * French: du bâbord
 * Greek:
 * Polish: lewoburtowy


 * Portuguese: portuário
 * Spanish: a babor
 * Swahili: mabandari
 * Swedish:, -

Noun

 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: liitin, portti (computers)
 * Icelandic: tengi


 * Swahili: mabandari
 * Swedish:


 * Arabic: منفذ
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 端口
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:


 * Greek:
 * Japanese:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: mabandari
 * Swedish:

Verb

 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * Swahili: mabandari


 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish: liman

Noun

 * Finnish: sovitus, sovittaminen, porttaaminen, porttaus
 * Swahili: mabandari


 * Swedish:, portning

Noun

 * Armenian:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French: vin de Porto
 * German:
 * Greek: πορτό, οίνος Πορτογαλίας


 * Icelandic: púrtvín, portvín
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish: vino de Oporto
 * Swahili: mabandari
 * Swedish:

Noun

 * 1) port (docking station for watercraft)

Noun

 * 1) gate
 * 2) gateway

Etymology
From late port:, portr:, from  porta:.

Noun

 * 1) postage

Noun

 * 1) port, port wine, porto

Noun

 * 1) port, harbour
 * 2) port, harbour city
 * 3) refuge
 * 4) act of wearing, act of carrying (from the verb porter (to wear or carry))
 * 5) transport
 * 6) postage
 * 7) stature, way of carrying oneself

Anagrams

 * trop

Noun

 * 1) gate
 * 2)  A logical or physical construct in and from which data are transferred.
 * 3)  A female connector of an electronic device, into which a cable's male connector can be inserted.

Etymology
From late port:,  portr: , from  porta:.

Noun

 * 1)  for watercraft

Etymology
portus:

Noun

 * 1)  for watercraft

Etymology
portus:

Noun

 * 1) port, harbour (area for ships)
 * 2) port, a town or city containing such a place

Derived terms

 * portowy

Noun

 * 1) port (town with port)

Related terms

 * portuar

Noun

 * 1) port, harbour
 * 2) tune

Noun

 * 1) entrance (into a building), gate, portal
 * 2)  port (logical or physical construct in and from which data are transferred)

Etymology
From late port:, portr: , from  porta:. Computing sense loan-translation from English.