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Synonyms for port

Grammar : Noun
Spell : pawrt, pohrt
Phonetic Transcription : pɔrt, poʊrt

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Définition of port

Origin :
  • "harbor," Old English port "harbor, haven," reinforced by Old French port "harbor, port; mountain pass;" Old English and Old French words both from Latin portus "port, harbor," originally "entrance, passage," figuratively "place of refuge, assylum," from PIE *prtu- "a going, a passage," from root *per- (2) "to lead, pass over" (cf. Sanskrit parayati "carries over;" Greek poros "journey, passage, way," peirein "to pierce, run through;" Latin porta "gate, door," portare "passage," peritus "experienced;" Avestan peretush "passage, ford, bridge;" Armenian hordan "go forward;" Welsh rhyd "ford;" Old Church Slavonic pariti "to fly;" Old English faran "to go, journey," Old Norse fjörðr "inlet, estuary").
  • Meaning "left side of a ship" (looking forward from the stern) is attested from 1540s, from notion of "the side facing the harbor" (when a ship is docked). It replaced larboard in common usage to avoid confusion with starboard; officially so by Admiralty order of 1844 and U.S. Navy Department notice of 1846. Figurative sense "place of refuge" is attested from early 15c.; phrase any port in a storm first recorded 1749. A port of call (1810) is one paid a scheduled visit by a ship.
  • noun place for boat docking, traffic, and storage
Example sentences :
  • He may perhaps be on the eve of starting away by some of the vessels in the port.
  • Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder
  • I was ashore every day while the squadron remained in the port.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • The decadence of Narbonne as a port is due to natural causes.
  • Extract from : « In the Heart of Vosges » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
  • The two brigs had gone, but there was still a considerable French force in port.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • This vessel belonged to Charleston, and it was intended she should return to her own port.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • A beautiful American-built brig, was lying in port, bound to Africa, for slaves.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • The Foster was bound to Belfast, which port we reached without any accident.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • After watering we sailed again, and reached our port in due time.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • We got out without any accident, going into port of a Sunday morning.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • Nelson was informed that he could not be permitted to enter the port of St Pietro.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson » by Robert Southey
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