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Antonyms for porthole
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : pawrt-hohl, pohrt- |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɔrtˌhoʊl, ˈpoʊrt- |
Definition of porthole
Origin :- also port-hole, 1590s, from port (n.2) + hole (n.).
- As in outlet : noun place or means of escape, release
- As in window : noun framework with pane
- A porthole, with the black heavens and the blazing stars, was before her.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 » by Various
- He looked around the fixed cabin and out the porthole at the unmoving stars.
- Extract from : « Death Wish » by Robert Sheckley
- He lowered a tender gaze on his banjo and I went on looking through the porthole.
- Extract from : « Some Reminiscences » by Joseph Conrad
- He stood there, looking out the porthole, and forgot I was there.
- Extract from : « The Stoker and the Stars » by Algirdas Jonas Budrys (AKA John A. Sentry)
- "You were right about the porthole, Robert," I said, and I gave him the promised sovereign.
- Extract from : « The Upper Berth » by Francis Marion Crawford
- Suddenly I became aware that the porthole was open, and fastened back.
- Extract from : « The Upper Berth » by Francis Marion Crawford
- That room also was in darkness, with only one porthole open.
- Extract from : « The Brighton Boys in the Radio Service » by James R. Driscoll
- He led them to the stern, and to the little cabin, in which was a porthole.
- Extract from : « A Campfire Girl's Test of Friendship » by Jane L. Stewart
- Probably the speakers were in a cabin with the porthole open.
- Extract from : « The Pirate of Panama » by William MacLeod Raine
- The sample which he had had through the porthole had not prepared him for the magic of it.
- Extract from : « The Girl on the Boat » by Pelham Grenville Wodehouse
Synonyms for porthole
- aperture
- avenue
- bay
- bay window
- bow
- break
- casement
- channel
- crack
- dormer
- duct
- egress
- escape
- exit
- fanlight
- fenestella
- fenestra
- fenestration
- hole
- jalousie
- lancet
- lucarne
- lunette
- lunette window
- mullioned
- nozzle
- opening
- oriel
- orifice
- picture window
- porthole
- release
- rose window
- safety valve
- skylight
- spout
- tear
- vent
- way out
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