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The correct spelling is port.
How to pronounce port
/pɔːt/
nounIPA: /pɔːt/
Say it like: Por-t
The correct spelling is port. A place on the coast at which ships can shelter, or dock to load and unload cargo or passengers. For example: "Each eight has four ports and four starboards."
Usage Examples
“Each eight has four ports and four starboards.”
“Port your helm!”
“on the port side”
Meanings
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, a port city.
- 3.The left-hand side of a vessel, including aircraft, when one is facing the front. Used to unambiguously refer to directions relative to the vessel structure, rather than to a person or object on board.
- 4.A sweep rower that primarily rows with an oar on the port side.
- 5.An entryway or gate.
verb
- 1.To turn or put to the left or larboard side of a ship; said of the helm.
- 2.To carry, bear, or transport. See porter.
- 3.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.
- 4.To adapt, modify, or create a new version of, a program so that it works on a different platform. Porting
- 5.To carry or transfer an existing telephone number from one telephone service provider to another.
adjective
- 1.Of or relating to port, the left-hand side of a vessel when facing the bow.
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