a·port

[uh-pawrt, uh-pohrt]
adverb Nautical.
on or toward the port side.

Origin:
1620–30; a-1 + port2

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aport (əˈpɔːt) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adv, —adj
nautical on or towards the port side: with the helm aport

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Aport is always a great word to know.
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a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
Example sentences
The ground test simulator simulated here is a mockup of aport engine nacelle.
More and more people are accepting catfish for food and aport.
The rider was held in place by a rigid arm, which projects through aport in the side of the vacuum chamber.
Combustion air enters the primary chamber through aport.
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